- From: Michael Bolger <michael@michaelbolger.net>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:15:38 -0800
- To: Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>
- Cc: public-rdfa@w3.org, RDFa mailing list <public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf@w3.org>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
i wrote; >In my opinion, a street level view; >The likes of Ivan, Karl, Doug, many W3C others, are doing an outstanding job, thank you. >HTML 5, was created out of a deep pool of frustration, poor leadership from the top people at the W3C, nothing has changed. This was a "street level" view, not a view from the "Ivory Tower". "to join the battle" (battle; "to work very hard or struggle; strive") To join Dan Brickley wrote: > +cc: Sam Ruby, TimBL, DanC > > On 13/2/09 10:27, Michael Bolger wrote: > >> Friends of XHTML, are seeing a train wreck, the same "old" W3C >> "hero-worshiped" "leadership" does nothing of any substance to join the >> battle. HTML 5 has won by default. >> >> Who, Where? is the top representative from the W3C in the html5/xhtml5 >> process. >> >> Marketing RDFa? Get someone to lead the effort in the html5/xhtml5 >> battle before it is over. > > This is not a battle. Battles kill people. It is a dispute amongst > technologists who have varying assumptions, backgrounds, collaboration > networks and agendas, and who are slowly learning to see each other's > perspective. > > Please (and I am very serious here) stop using such bloody metaphors > to describe what should be a civil and mutually respectful > collaborative process. You will not improve anything if you foster > this kind of perspective on our shared problems. Battle talk results > in a battle mindset. I do not want to hear any RDFa advocates talking > in such terms. > > Really, enough with the battle stuff. Go find someone who works on > HTML5 and be nice to them, find common ground, try out their tools. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dan >
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