- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 18:14:32 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Cc: www-archive@w3.org, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010, Sam Ruby wrote: > On 06/26/2010 12:14 AM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > > > > > Out of interest, with whom and where would a formal discussion of > > > > the reverse take place? e.g. if the WHATWG wanted to request a > > > > change in the W3C HTML WG spec? > > > > > > The process starts with opening a bug, per: > > > > > > http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html > > > > That's the process for a working group member to request a change from > > the editor (and later, if escalated, the chairs). That's not what I > > was asking though. I mean what would the contact point be for a > > cross-working-group decision to request a change that contradicts a > > working group decision? > > http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies.html#WGAppeals That appears to be the process for a working group member (the document says "group participants") to request a change from Tim, bypassing the working group altogether. That, again, is not what I was asking. I am asking for the contact point for a cross-working-group decision to request a change that contradicts a working group decision. Are you saying that there is no way for the WHATWG to request a change from the HTMLWG, as part of persuing convergence, short of having someone in the WHATWG join the HTMLWG and follow the W3C's internal processes? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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