- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:48:12 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Bonner, Matt" <matt.bonner@hp.com>
- Cc: Ben Adida <ben@adida.net>, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org>, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Bonner, Matt wrote: > > Obviously not my decision, by any means. I'm new to the HTMLWG myself. I > can say from what I've observed, that the process steps have been pretty > consistent: > > 1. show web author/reader demand > 2. distill the scenarios into a few key use cases > 3. offer a proposal > 4. respond to feedback & adjust proposal accordingly > 5. if successful, become part of the spec. That's exactly the process we have been trying to follow; I'm glad you have observed us being consistent in this, that's encouraging! The actual steps are listed explicitly in the WHATWG FAQ: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_the_spec.3F -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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