RE: Grinding to a halt on Issue 27.

> From: www-tag-request@w3.org [mailto:www-tag-request@w3.org]On Behalf Of
> Paul Grosso
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 12:44 AM
> To: WWW-Tag
> Subject: Re: Grinding to a halt on Issue 27.
>
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> While I have no way to know for sure, I imagine today's TAG
> telcon was a less than fulfilling experience, and I appreciate
> the pain and effort that I'm sure went into it.
>
> Unfortunately, at this time, XML 1.1 and Namespaces 1.1 (which
> have to go to Rec in tandem) are subsequently grinding to a halt.
>
> Would it be preferable to put these specs on hold for a year,
> or should we pull IRIs out of the XML 1.1 and Namespaces 1.1
> specs and take them to Rec?

By all means, yes, the latter. As far as I understand, IRI support never
appeared in the requirements for XML 1.1, and thus delaying the specs
because of the reference to the unfinished IRI spec seems to be the
absolutely wrong thing to do.

> ...

Julian

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