- From: Robin Berjon via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:18:45 +0000
- To: public-patcg@w3.org
It would be inappropriate for a Working Group to operate in a way that contravened TAG principles. If there are problems with TAG-applicable documents, the right place to take that up is the TAG. Charters don't get to decide whether TAG principles apply or not. The terminology and details vary between jurisdictions, but norms form a hierarchy in which typically each layer cannot break what is required by more fundamental layers but always adds its own constraints. Laws can't be unconstitutional but are more restrictive than constitutions, regulations cannot be illegal but are more restrictive than laws, etc. Standards are just another layer. They can't break more fundamental layers: no standard could establish that it's OK to kill people. And they add their own restrictions: `>p<` will not generate a `p` element. And this pattern repeats inside standard organisations: groups operate inside the boundaries set by the architectural oversight bodies, and add restrictions of their own. Standards are built from `MUST` clauses. A standard that added no restrictions beyond the law would be effectively empty. -- GitHub Notification of comment by darobin Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/patcg/patwg-charter/issues/6#issuecomment-1081209800 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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