Re: Summary of arguments FOR validity -- and another against -- and a third of alternatives

Hi Becky,

With the due respect, ..

Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com wrote:
>...
> 
> a level 1 validation requirement may prevent innovation of new 
> technologies that use new attributes not included in current 
> specifications (for example implementation of the DHTML roadmap [5]  using 
> HTML).
> ...
> [5] http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/roadmap/DHTMLRoadmap110505.html

that argument does not hold. The roadmap is defining extensions, and 
thus they define new attributes, namespaces, etc. You *should be able to 
validate* against these extensions, which I hope we can do when PF 
finishes that piece of work.

BTW, this argument of *validity against innovation*, I heard it many 
times, but replacing validity with accessibility. Very surprised to hear 
it in this forum, though.

regards,
carlos

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