- From: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>
- Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:48:42 -0500
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- CC: Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>, Philippe Le Hegaret <plh@w3.org>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
Leif, Now that issue-30 is reopened based on new information, I was wondering if you would be willing to voluntarily withdraw your Formal Objection[1] to the previous decision? Doing so would not restrict your ability to raise a Formal Objection on any decision that may be made on this issue in the future, nor would it even preclude you from making substantially the same objections to such a decision, should you feel that such objections still apply. - Sam Ruby [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/0241.html -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Chair’s decision to reopen ISSUE-30 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 14:59:23 +0000 From: Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com> To: public-html@w3.org <public-html@w3.org> CC: laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org <public-html-a11y@w3.org>, Sam Ruby (rubys@intertwingly.net) <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Maciej Stachowiak (mjs@apple.com) <mjs@apple.com>, Philippe Le Hegaret (plh@w3.org) <plh@w3.org>, Michael(tm) Smith (mike@w3.org) <mike@w3.org> Per the W3C process [1], the Chairs may reopen a decision when presented with new information. In the case of the decision regarding ISSUE-30 (longdesc), the decision itself specifically cites [2] "use cases that specifically require longdesc" as an example of new information that we were seeking. The chairs have received [3] a request to reopen this decision based on new information. While we are skeptical that some portions of this does not meet the bar (e.g., "new research"), we feel that the New Formal Use Cases Requiring Longdesc [4] do in fact merit consideration by the wider work group. The Chairs therefore reopen ISSUE-30 as a Last Call issue. As these use cases clearly took considerable time to prepare -- and we commend the thoroughness of this analysis -- we feel it is important that the Working Group be given adequate time to evaluate this data, and potentially either rebut it or prepare Alternate Change Proposals based on this new information. At this time we expect to issue a call for such proposals in May when we have made more progress to getting the current HTML5 specifications into Last Call. Paul Cotton on behalf of the HTML WG co-chairs [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/policies#WGChairReopen. [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Aug/att-0112/issue-30-decision.html [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Feb/0394.html [4] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/InstateLongdesc#New_Formal_Use_Cases_Requiring_longdesc Paul Cotton, Microsoft Canada 17 Eleanor Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2E 6A3 Tel: (425) 705-9596 Fax: (425) 936-7329
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