ACTION-605 follow-up: property path commenters' reactions

As per ACTION-605, I reached out to our property path commenters and 
asked if our current resolution to the property path comments satisfied 
their concerns.

Summary: the commenters are not thrilled with the design choices the 
group has made in resolving their comments on property path evaluation 
performance; some of them do believe that the new design addresses the 
performance concerns, while others are unsure or chose to remain silent.

You can read the discussion (note that it is strictly unofficial) at: 
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-archive/2012Apr/0013.html

Tomorrow, we should decide whether--based on this feedback--we wish to 
adjust last week's resolution, or if we should stick with it.

My recommendation is that we stay with our decision. We had a strong 
consensus on it last week, and I believe that it is a well-motivated, 
conservative design that does address the Last Call comments, while 
leaving room for property paths to be extended and improved in 
subsequent standardization rounds.

Lee

Received on Tuesday, 10 April 2012 02:06:25 UTC