- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:23:55 +0100
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- CC: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>, "Henry S. Thompson" <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>, www-tag@w3.org
Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:15:00 +0100, Julian Reschke
> <julian.reschke@gmx.de> wrote:
>> That's exactly what the rules for re-registering a MIME type forbid --
>> making previously conforming content non-conforming.
>>
>> Again:
>
> Again, that has already happened as far as I can tell and was happily
> approved. Maybe the rules need an update.
Well, maybe the key word here is the "may":
Changes should be requested only when there are serious omissions or
errors in the published specification. When review is required, a
change request may be denied if it renders entities that were valid
^^^
under the previous definition invalid under the new definition.
Therefore:
- the HTML WG needs to decide whether it *wants* to make a large class
of documents on the web non-conforming text/html, and
- if yes, it can attempt to update the registration, but it *may* be denied.
Best regards, Julian
Received on Tuesday, 2 February 2010 15:24:34 UTC