- From: Rob Sayre <rsayre@mozilla.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:06:28 -0400
- To: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- CC: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, public-html@w3.org, www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>
On 3/25/09 3:30 AM, Doug Schepers wrote: > > It is notable, however, that in his most recent email on the subject > [1], Ian seemed disinclined to remove the whitelisted elements in any > future draft of the HTML5 spec, despite feedback from implementers > that having a normative list elsewhere seemed acceptable [2][3]. It doesn't matter where the inevitably incorrect and out of date list resides. It's a waste of time to continue discussing this editorial point. > In particular, I was personally disappointed that the request to call > out unquoted attributes and case-folding as parse errors was not > incorporated; It's incorrect for the HTML spec to call them parse errors if they can be interoperably parsed by HTML parsers. It's not a good use of Mozilla's resources to spend time debating interoperable errors. There is probably a role for a lint tool here, but that requires interaction with users more than standards group involvement. > with all due respect to the people he cites in opposition to the idea, > this seems to have been made with no proof of technical problems, > implementation cost, or performance issues, and it raises considerable > risk to SVG as a format in existing User Agents, including authoring > tools. I request that at least some real data be collected and > exhibited to support his position. Very poor test suites are the main risk to SVG as a format, just as in 2004[1]. Relatively speaking, the HTML serialization is a sideshow. - Rob [1] http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roadmap/archives/005632.html
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