Re: publish new WD of DOM Core; deadline August 10

On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:52:33 +0200, Adrian Bateman  
<adrianba@microsoft.com> wrote:
> It's harder to participate without understanding the scope of the  
> problems being solved.

Bringing that point up just before publication as a means to block said  
publication is not helpful. There has been ample opportunity for Microsoft  
to discuss this.


> As I wrote in the separate thread to Art, we prefer a scoped spec where  
> we've agreed which problems we're trying to solve rather than something  
> open ended. "DOM4" seems a bit too unbounded in that context but  
> agreeing on the goals for this spec, be it Core or something else will  
> help answer the questions.

The goals of the specification are listed in the specification. I have  
clarified them even further hoping it will resolve the stated confusion.

http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/domcore/raw-file/tip/Overview.html#goals


> I think there are some good ideas in this spec including some things  
> that will be helpful to developers to have written down. We spent a lot  
> of time while we were building IE9 testing to see which parts of the DOM  
> specs were applicable to the browsable web platform. This is something  
> we will continue to help with though our immediate priority is helping  
> to move DOM L3 Events forward.

Looking forward to your first set of technical feedback.


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/

Received on Wednesday, 17 August 2011 11:33:19 UTC