On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Daniel Appelquist <appelquist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello URL fans - > > As you might know, the new charter for webapps[1] includes a new version > of the URL spec. I am acting as editor of this spec. With some help from > Robin and PLH I've produced a first draft[2] which imports the latest work > by Anne on the upstream WHATWG URL spec[3] with a few minimal editorial > changes. Also note that the document is licensed as CC-BY. The intention > is to keep this version in sync with the WHATWG version of the URL spec. > This means that ideally any changes should be fed back through the WHATWG > bug tracker[4]. The intention is to follow the model laid down by the DOM > spec.[5] > > It’s my further intention to ensure confusion is minimized by clearly > sign-posting in the w3c version that the WHATWG version is the living spec. > Make sure this is informative text. I don't know if the term "living spec[ification]" has any formal meaning in the W3C. [Correct me if I missed the memo that defines it.] > > This version updates and supersedes the previous W3C version published in > May 2012[6] and later updated in November 2012[7]. > > The goal is to move ahead fairly aggressively with the publication > time-line for this spec. > > Please feed back any comments here. > > Thanks, > Dan Appelquist > > 1. http://www.w3.org/2014/06/webapps-charter.html > 2. http://w3ctag.github.io/url/ > 3. http://url.spec.whatwg.org > 4. > https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/buglist.cgi?component=URL&list_id=42864&product=WHATWG&resolution=--- > 5. http://www.w3.org/TR/dom/ > 6. http://www.w3.org/TR/url/ > 7. https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/url/raw-file/tip/Overview.html >
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