- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:56:44 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Aaron Swartz wrote: > > I notice there are specs for HTML5 dated today at: > > http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/ > http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/ > > diff -u shows a lot of difference, but most are cosmetic. (I gather > they're there because Hixie disagrees with some W3C pubrules but can't > get them changed.) Is there any page that lists the substantive > differences? Presumably the generation of the drafts is automated; is > the source file for the drafts published? They're identical from the page of contents down to the bottom. (Literally, they're generated from the same file.) The only difference is in the header, the abstract, and the "status of this document" section. This is in fact stated in the "status of this document" section in both copies (they both say "The two specifications are identical from the table of contents onwards"). HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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