- From: Shane McCarron <xhtml2-issues@hades.mn.aptest.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:23:54 -0600 (CST)
- To: ian@hixie.ch
- Cc: www-html-editor@w3.org,
Jim, The working group disagrees that this definition needs to be any tighter - it is a high level, abstract introduction; not a normative conformance requirement. > > The XHTML2 abstract says: > > # XHTML 2 is a general-purpose markup language designed for representing > # documents for a wide range of purposes across the World Wide Web. To > # this end it does not attempt to be all things to all people, supplying > # every possible markup idiom, but to supply a generally useful set of > # elements. > > This is also repeated in the introduction. > > However, the term "documents" is never defined, and the phrae "a wide > range of purposes" seems very vague in terms of defining the scope of the > specification. > > For example, are documents such as interactive applications like those > hosted at http://maps.google.com/, http://www.voidwars.com/, > http://waronline.net/, http://fslactivities.sd61.bc.ca/editez/, and the > like, in scope or out of scope of this specification? > > Please clarify the scope of the XHTML2 specification in the introduction. > This will also improve the specification's conformance to the QA > Framework: Specification Guidelines document, section 2.2.1. > > Cheers, > -- > Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL > http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. > Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.' > >
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