- From: Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 11:36:05 +0200
- To: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
- Cc: Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> wrote: > On 8/5/2011 9:23 AM, Marcos Caceres wrote: >>>> >>>> >> It should be left to the editor's (or working group) discretion as >>>> >> to which spec they cite regardless of the reason. >>> >>> > >>> > And one of the role of the W3C staff is to ensure proper coordination >>> > between the various Working Groups at the W3C. I'm pointing out we are >>> > being inconsistent, >> >> I'm still not sure what the problem is. It seems like the problem is >> that some people feel the citing a WHATWG spec is "disrespectful" of >> the HTML WG. I think we should get on with making the best possible >> technology for our fellow humans and not get so caught up with who is > > There have been chair decisions which the WHATWG does not follow, many > of them having to do with accessibility requirements. By continuing to link > to the WHATWG spec as a primary source, during such fractures in consensus, > it undermines the decision processes of the w3c. I thought that the WHATWG is an independent consortium; if so, it has no obligation to follow any decisions made by the HTML-WG. -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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