Proposed Core WG response to Stylesheet PI issue/bug 14689

Sigh.

I'm really not sure how best to approach this. How does this wording
strike you?

  On behalf of the XML Core Working Group, I must object to the decision
  to mark discussion of the XML stylesheet PI as either "RESOLVED LATER"
  or "HTML.next".

  The stylesheet PI is widely supported and has been in use for a long
  time. It is an important part of the browser API.

  Irrespective of whether or not removing it from the HTML5
  specification would have an immediate impact on browsers, the Core WG
  remains concerned that its removal would serve to discourage users
  from taking advantage of the existing functionality and might set
  implementors on a path towards deprecating the feature.

  The Core WG feels strongly that some mention of the XML stylesheet
  PI belongs in the HTML5 specification as it will initially be
  drafted as a Recommendation.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

-- 
Norman Walsh
Lead Engineer
MarkLogic Corporation
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