- From: C. M. Sperberg-McQueen <cmsmcq@blackmesatech.com>
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 12:21:15 -0700
- To: public-ixml@w3.org
This morning's call makes me think that some members of the CG believe
we face a choice between writing the spec so as to have interoperable
processors that do not extend the spec and writing it in a way that will
lead to non-interoperable extensions. I think this is a misconception.
Like all spec writing groups, we face a three-way choice:
- write the spec in such a way that there is controlled extensibility
and controlled extension
- write the spec in such a way that there is uncontrolled extension
- write the spec in such a way that no one uses it
I think failing to adopt a serious pragmas proposal puts the first out
of our reach, leaving us hoping for the second rather than the third.
At the moment I am unable to consider the two-line pragma specification
(specify delimiters and say erroneously that pragmas are comments) as a
serious proposal.
Michael
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C. M. Sperberg-McQueen
Black Mesa Technologies LLC
http://blackmesatech.com
Received on Tuesday, 1 February 2022 19:21:34 UTC