- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:34:36 -0700
- To: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- Cc: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>, Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, Jacob Rossi <jrossi@microsoft.com>
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 6:12 AM, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for the comments and discussion! I finally reviewed all of the > responses and here are my thoughts on moving forward ... > > Some members of the group consider the D3E spec as the highest priority of > our DOM-related specs and they have put considerable resources into that > spec. Doug and Jacob will continue to lead that spec effort, and as I > understand it, a CR for D3E is imminent. I expect the group to help progress > that spec. > > At the same time, others members have put substantial resources into DOM > Core (and closely related functionality such as DOM Range). Naturally, they > want to preserve that investment and I support that work continuing. I would like to publicly register that I find the sentiment expressed in the above paragraphs (regarding the work editors have put into the spec) as deeply troubling. I am also a spec editor. I, reasonably, do not want a spec I have poured substantial time into to be discarded. However, my desires in this regard have *absolutely no bearing on whether or not it's a good idea to do so, and should not be taken as an input to the decision. The editor is the *lowest* level in the hierarchy of constituencies. *Everything* else matters more, and that's as it should be. I respectfully request that the amount of work an editor has put into a spec never again be referenced in a discussion about whether to continue working on a spec or not. We should make these kinds of decisions *solely* on technical grounds. (Art, I meant to say this last time you brought up the amount of work Doug and Jacob put into D3E, but I procrastinated so much that it would have been weird to bring it up by the time I was ready to say something. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to speak up again.) ~TJ
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