Re: @headers issue resolved - allowing a td to be referenced by a header to be in the HTMl5 spec.

Julian Reschke wrote:
> James Graham wrote:
>> ...
>> Nevertheless, for better or worse the charter puts the burden of 
>> proof on those wishing for a formal decision to be made to 
>> demonstrate that the decision is needed for progress. Is there a 
>> documented reason that this particular decision was so important that 
>> it should circumvent the usual proposal-draft-feedback-redraft cycle? 
>> We have recently seen the ...
>
> My understanding of that cycle (*) is that it implies that there's no 
> way to  get something into the spec the editor doesn't want in there. 
> That would be a problem.
The decision making process in the charter specifically documents how to 
break that cycle. The first requirement is to demonstrate that there is 
a need to do so.

Received on Sunday, 31 August 2008 12:06:50 UTC