- From: Manu Sporny <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>
- Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:32:37 -0400
I took some time this weekend to go through the HTML5 specification and write warning language for features that are currently either controversial or have long-standing bugs logged against them. It is important that we draw attention to the least stable sections of the HTML5 draft in order to align public expectation as we move towards Last Call. The only difference between this draft and Ian's latest draft are the warnings - there are no new technical additions or deletions. Since there are no new technical changes, there is no need to trigger a FPWD. I am requesting three things of the HTML WG: 1. That this version is published as the next heartbeat Working Draft. Specifically, this is not a FPWD since there are no technical changes and thus there are no additional patent concerns. 2. Two other independent voices to support the publishing of this draft. Without those voices, this proposal cannot be considered for publishing. 3. A poll is created with two options: [ ] Publish Ian's latest draft to address the heartbeat requirement. [ ] Publish Ian's latest draft with Manu's warning language to address the heartbeat requirement. Whichever option that receives more than 50% of the vote will be published. A tie will result in Ian's latest draft being published. Here is the complete diff-marked version: http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html Here is a link to every warning that was added to the HTML5 specification (this is the easiest way to review the changes): http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#editor-s-draft-date-08-August-2009 http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#urls http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#fetch http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#misinterpreted-for-compatibility http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#implied-strong-reference http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#other-metadata-names http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#microdata http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#predefined-type http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#obsolete http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#the-source-element http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#alt http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#the-head-element http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#navigating-across-documents http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings-diff.html#the-bb-element If Ian updates his spec, I can regenerate and republish an updated version of this document within an hour or two. The non-diff-marked specification can be found here: http://html5.digitalbazaar.com/specs/html5-warnings.html This version of the specification will be checked into W3C CVS when Mike(tm) clears its addition to the repository. -- manu -- Manu Sporny (skype: msporny, twitter: manusporny) President/CEO - Digital Bazaar, Inc. blog: Bitmunk 3.1 Released - Browser-based P2P Commerce http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2009/06/29/browser-based-p2p-commerce/
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