- From: Miller, Bruce R. (Fed) <bruce.miller@nist.gov>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2020 11:15:55 -0400
- To: public-mathml4@w3.org
Hi Frederic; Could you make a specific proposal for what that decision policy should be? The group *has* been trying to address the issue, but we seem to be groping in the dark as to what it is that you would consider a good approach. Thanks; bruce On 9/3/20 9:26 AM, Frédéric Wang wrote: > I haven't had time to follow the cg discussions recently, but IIUC the > answer on the Google doc and in the thread was that it shouldn't be in > the decision policy. I don't know what the status is right now. > > My proposal was just that MathML Core must follow the minimal > requirements for a "good" web platform specification, like what is done > in other groups where browser vendors are involved. Otherwise, either > there is a risk to go back to a low-quality standard (which is bad for > the CG's image since we have been communicating we are fixing past > mistakes) or a company has to veto proposals (which is creating > frustration within the group). I feel like stating these minimal > requirements somewhere would help those who are not familiar with > browser development, as I have the impression many CG members just don't > understand them, think decisions are arbitrary or can't estimate the > implied effort required by spec changes. It's absurd to hear things like > "Igalia is blocking this because they don't want to implement it" when > we are currently the only company trying to do the required effort for > MathML in browsers and when these minimal requirements have been set by > others. > > On 03/09/2020 14:37, Moritz Schubotz wrote: >> Hi Frédéric, >> >> was your question answered? I would be curious to find out as well. I >> have something about consensus in my memories, but this might be too >> vague. >> >> Moritz >> https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmoritzschubotz.de%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cbruce.miller%40nist.gov%7Cec210fa04f9c4e273bdf08d8500d1bf0%7C2ab5d82fd8fa4797a93e054655c61dec%7C1%7C1%7C637347364534123447&sdata=uh2iMh1ipSOULxg6nayN9J4YdsSy8eyBdRhFDM50M7s%3D&reserved=0 | +49 1578 047 1397 >> >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:12 PM Frédéric Wang <fwang@igalia.com> wrote: >>> On 17/08/2020 18:43, Neil Soiffer wrote: >>> >>> I have resolved most of the comments in the charter document. Based on feedback, I added that changes to Content MathML were out of scope for this charter. >>> >>> Please look it over and comment on anything you think is missing from the charter. >>> >>> Neil >>> >>> I skimmed over the document, but can't find anything addressing my suggestion regarding the decision policy for MathML Core ? >>> >>> -- >>> Frédéric Wang > > -- bruce.miller@nist.gov http://math.nist.gov/~BMiller/
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