Re: warnings on outdated specs/docs

Hi all,
So what are next steps to get spec warning added?
Just wasted time getting outdated spec links updated in an article [1].




[1] https://github.com/operasoftware/devopera/pull/266

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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>

On 26 March 2015 at 18:28, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:

> How about an:
>
> ls -lrt
>
> of the files behind the "latest" pointers that reference themselves
> instead of some other doc?
>
> Shane McCarron writes:
> > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:53 PM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, this is beginning to converge.
> > >
> > > 1) If the ‘latest version’ link is other than the current document,
> > > display the floater, inviting the reader to see the latest version?
> > >   — what if the latest version has significantly different maturity?
> i.e.
> > > you are looking at PR of 1.0, there is a PR of 2.0 but the latest is a
> WD
> > > of 2.1.  Which does the user want?
> > >
> > > 2) If there isn’t a ‘latest version’ link, allow anyone to ask that
> such
> > > be added, in the case the automatic system missed it.  E.g. add to
> WCAG 1.0
> > > a latest version to 2.0?
> > >
> > > I realize #2 is manual, but what else do we have?
> > >
> >
> > and 3) If a spec supersedes another and the shortname changed, redirect
> the
> > old shortname to the new shortname.  Also a manual step that is part of
> > pubs process I would guess.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:48 , Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Absolutely. Where we have abandoned short names, we should certainly
> > > > turn those into redirects.
> > > >
> > > > We're currently proposing this as the (soon to be FPWD of) HTML-AAM
> > > > supercedes the older, now to be abandoned document and shortname:
> > > >
> > > >
> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2015Mar/0065.html
> > > >
> > > > So, I suppose we should launch a crawler to help find these? That
> seems
> > > > eminently achievable.
> > > >
> > > > Janina
> > > >
> > > > Shane McCarron writes:
> > > >> Okay - but in this case could we just redirect that short name to
> 2.0?
> > > I
> > > >> mean, seriously.  That's what we did with RDFa when the short name
> > > >> changed.  My understanding is that this is what is supposed to
> happen
> > > as a
> > > >> matter of course when a short name changes.
> > > >>
> > > >> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-syntax/
> > > >> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-rdfa-syntax-20081014/
> > > >> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-core/
> > > >> [4] http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/REC-rdfa-core-20150317/
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Steve Faulkner <
> > > faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On 26 March 2015 at 04:00, Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
> wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Can't it just say "This spec is obsolete.  Click the 'latest
> version'
> > > >>>> link to see the latest version?  This could be generically
> applied to
> > > every
> > > >>>> old spec.  Or at least almost every.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Unfortunately for some specs, WCAG 1.0 for example
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> There is no link to the latest version (i.e. wcag 2.0)
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> Latest version: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT
> > > >>>
> > > >>> unlike HTML 4.01
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Latest version of HTML:http://www.w3.org/TR/html
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> --
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Regards
> > > >>>
> > > >>> SteveF
> > > >>> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Shane McCarron
> > > >> Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka, Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> > > >                       sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> > > >               Email:  janina@rednote.net
> > > >
> > > > Linux Foundation Fellow
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> > > >
> > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative
> (WAI)
> > > > Chair,        Protocols & Formats     http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
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> > >
> > > David Singer
> > > Manager, Software Standards, Apple Inc.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shane McCarron
> > Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
>                         sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
>                 Email:  janina@rednote.net
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair,  Protocols & Formats     http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
>         Indie UI                        http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
>
>