- From: Donald E. Eastlake 3rd <dee3@torque.pothole.com>
- Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 23:52:41 -0400
- To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
- cc: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
I would say that W3C Recommendations are as much standards as IETF
standards and that IETF standards as as much Recommendations as W3C
Recommendations.
Donald
From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Donald Eastlake 3rd <dee3@torque.pothole.com>,
www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:25:38 +0200
References: <200110032004.QAA08177@noah.dma.isg.mot.com>
In-Reply-To: <200110032004.QAA08177@noah.dma.isg.mot.com>
Message-Id: <20011003202536Z16100-17200+355@humbolt.nl.linux.org>
>On October 3, 2001 10:04 pm, Donald Eastlake 3rd wrote:
>> >I wish I could say that SVG is only a recommendation at this point, but
>> >unfortunately, "recommendation" is the W3C word for "standard", just as
>> >RFC is the IETF's word for standard.
>>
>> This is not true. The IETF uses the word "standard" for standard. See
>> <ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1796.txt> "Not All RFCs are
>> Standards".
>
>Thankyou for that clarification. By implication, you agree with my
>assessment of the W3C's interpretation of the word "recommendation"?
>
>--
>Daniel
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