- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:16:40 +0200
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- CC: "karld@opera.com" <karld@opera.com>, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>, "nrm@arcanedomain.com" <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, "www-tag@w3.org" <www-tag@w3.org>, "ndw@nwalsh.com" <ndw@nwalsh.com>
On 2011-07-12 17:07, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:28:39 +0200, Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com> > wrote: >> Maybe I'm asking too much, but I was hoping that the report from a >> task force set up to work through xml-html convergence issues might >> give a better idea of how serious the problems with various approaches >> might be, to help inform decisions. Html pages that cannot be made >> polyglot..... are they rare? Common? Only happens with pages that also >> have significant problems in ogher ways? > > Is this really where we are at? It seems to me this question was > answered when the W3C started working on HTML again in 2007. It is great > of course to rehash old debates over and over until we can argue each > other sides successfully and whatnot, but it would also be nice if there > was a sign of progress. > > (That the web is a mess was shared at > http://www.w3.org/2006/03/TP-minutes.html#item01 for instance. Even > people trying to do XHTML cannot get it right. This really ought to be > common knowledge by now.) Yes, many people try to do XHTML but fail. Some do, and get it right. A common cause are broken tools, or people trying without tools at all (string concatenation, a common disease). Other formats do not appear to have the same problem. Can we move on now? Best regards, Julian PS: I agree that the report should link to a document that explain what *can't* be done in XHTML as opposed to HTML.
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