- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 11:46:51 -0700
- To: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- CC: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, "www-archive@w3.org" <www-archive@w3.org>
(not sent to the list) With regard to "what the document itself is named", could you please clarify: Is it your position that discussion of the title is out of scope and not "something that needs to be resolved"? That what the document is named is settled and should not be a discussion topic? Or that the current title is perfect, and that no other title will do? Are you willing to suggest other titles that might be more acceptable to the group, if my suggestions don't meet your approval? ======================= The agenda for the May 21 meeting of the HTML working group[0] included a proposed "Process for Proposals"[1], which said, among other things: > 3) The issue about what the document itself is named (raised by Roy > Fielding[2]) is also something that needs to be resolved. Discussing [2], I suggested some reasons why one might prefer one title over another, factors affecting the title of this document, suggested an alternative title, and gave an example of a document that might be more consistent with the current title. In reply, I was told that while I was entitled to express my opinion, I wasn't entitled to have that opinion "expressed in the document title"[3] (i.e., that the opinion had no standing?), that suggesting the title was inappropriate was a personal affront, that the title had already been decided by a working group vote, and so forth. [0] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009May/0174.html [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009May/0161.html [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Nov/0430.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009May/0237.html Is this or is this not a topic that "needs to be resolved"? Regards, Larry -- http://larry.masinter.net
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