- From: <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:27:34 -0000
- To: www-html-editor@w3.org
Hi,
This is a QA Review comment for "XHTML 2.0"
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml2-20060726/
2006-07-26
8th WD
About http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml2-20060726/introduction.html#s_intro_whatismod
In section "1.3. What are the XHTML 2 Modules?", it is said:
"XHTML 2 updates many of the modules defined in XHTML
Modularization 1.0 [XHTMLMOD], and includes the updated
versions of all those modules and their semantics. "
and
"The modules defined in this specification are largely
extensions of the modules defined in XHTML Modularization 1.0.
This specification also defines the semantics of the modules
it includes."
This might lead to interoperability problems, Browser vendors might have to implement twice the same type of module but with slight differences and different versioning. They might argue it's twice the work and might increase the code size, then the size of the applications on the hard drive and in memory.
Reduce the number of sources.
"Even though the XHTML 2 modules are defined in this
specification, they are available for use in other XHTML
family markup languages. Over time, it is possible that
the modules defined in this specification will migrate
into the XHTML Modularization specification."
Not over time, now for the benefit of interoperability and reduce versioning/branching issues.
If the WG decides to keep this, give a detailed implementation guide for suggestions on how it can be done without too much trouble.
--
Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead
QA Weblog - http://www.w3.org/QA/
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