Re: End-of-lifing dead documents in /TR/

On 11/16/2011 12:22 PM, Robin Berjon wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2011, at 17:55 , Karl Dubost wrote:
>>
>> Le 16 nov. 2011 à 11:32, Robin Berjon a écrit :
>>> I don't think we need to amend the Process for this (or at least not much) — just the CSS + boilerplate should be enough. It may be useful to go through ancient drafts and perform some cleanup as well.
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>
>> JS on Date+Status =>  Modify the CSS?
>
> Applying my Karl decoder ring I get "We could use JavaScript to detect that the publication date is n days in the past for a status that isn't Rec or something similar, and based on that change the style." Correct?
>
> I don't dislike the idea and it's certainly easy enough to implement, but how does a draft know that it's the latest in a line? If it's not the latest in a line (say it's WD2 from five years ago that has actively been replaced by WDs 3-5, LCs 1-7, and we're now in CR) it should probably not change its style but perhaps prominently indicate that it's not the latest version.
>
> I'm all for that but I don't think we have that metadata available at this point.

I'd also say that relying on JavaScript for important information
is probably not the best idea ever. If it's important, it should
be in the document's content.

~fantasai

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