- From: Mike Batchelor <mikebat@clark.net>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 21:43:37 -0400 (EDT)
- To: www-html@www10.w3.org
- Cc: www-style@www10.w3.org
Lou Montulli once wrote... > > > > > I don't have a problem with NCSA implementing the Netscape <body> > > attributes in the new WinMosaic. I have a problem with them documenting > > them as being part of HTML v3.0, when they clearly are not. NCSA is > > considered an authority by many people on things to do with the WWW. It's > > unfortunate enough that Netscape is disseminating mis-information to > > bolster its bottom line, at the expense of the Web as a whole. That NCSA > ^^^^^^^^^ > > is contributing to the trend of fragmenting the Web into vendor-specific > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ghettos is doubly unfortunate. I just wrote them a note pointing out the > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > error, and kindly asking them to correct it to reflect the true status of > > the HTML v3 DTD. > > > If multiple vendors are supporting these BODY tags then they > are obviously not vendor-specific. Perhaps they are just a > good idea that should be added to the HTML 3 spec? > > :lou > -- > Lou Montulli http://www.mcom.com/people/montulli/ > Netscape Communications Corp. > Added to the HTML v3 spec? Netscape claims their extensions *are* the HTML v3 spec. "Netscape Navigator 1.1's new capabilities include: Advanced layout capabilities using HTML 3.0 tables and graphical backdrops. These capabilities allow more sophisticated page presentation, including multiple text columns and flexible image placement." [1] Netscape's table markups do not conform to the HTML v3 DTD. Nowhere in the DTD does it indicate that the border attribute may take a value for thickness, or anything else, for example. There are numerous other attributes that are nowhere to be found in the HTML 3.0 DTD, not to mention the "notorious" <center> and <font> tags. "Netscape Navigator's new HTML tags that enable features like tables and background images are based upon the HTML 3.0 proposal. Netscape Communications Corporation is an active participant in all Web-related standard bodies and is a charter Full Member of the W3 Consortium. Please read our discussion of Netscape's commitment to open standards, if you're interested in more information." [2] Open standards must be documented, so that others may implement them correctly. As a member of the W3 Consortium, Netscape must know that HTML is documented using the SGML Document Type Definition. Where is the DTD for the Netscape 1.1N tags? I refer you to "The Myth of Netscape and HTML 3.0" [3] for the rest of this line of discussion, and some more pointers to other points of view. [1] http://home.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease16.html [2] http://home.netscape.com/home/demo/1.1b1/index.html [3] http://www.iaf.nl/~abigail/HTML/Myth/myth.html -- %%%%%% mikebat@clark.net %%%%%% http://www.clark.net/pub/mikebat/ %%%%%%
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