- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:51:53 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Tina Holmboe wrote: > > It has, previously, been suggested that the specification be made > "cleaner, stronger and better" by separating it into several distinct > specifications - just as I did above. Please, if you know of someone who can help edit part of HTML5, we are looking for editors and would be very happy to spread the work: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Oct/0127.html This is the only thing blocking the splitting of this spec into smaller pieces. > > There is a simple reason -- it's less work for me to write one spec > > than to write two specs. The Workers part of HTML5 is an example of > > this -- > > I refer you to your own words: > > "Why does the size of the spec matter? Surely the benefit to authors far, > far outweigh the benefits to the spec community?" > > We - that is myself and several others - have, time and time again, > explained to you why the size matters. If you agree that it is better to > write to benefit authors instead of the spec community, then I find it > amazing that you still insist on maintaining ONE monolithic > specification. We intend to have an authoring guide for authors ([1]), and a view of the specification that removes the implementation detail for language lawyer authors (not yet written). We also have a new document that defines just the vocabulary and syntax in a terse fashion for authors who prefer this view ([3]). The full spec as it stands today is not intended for authors. [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/ [3] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/markup-spec/ -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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