- From: Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:25:59 +0100
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: Tony Hansen <tony@maillennium.att.com>, apps-discuss@ietf.org, www-tag@w3.org
Bjoern Hoehrmann writes:
> * Henry S. Thompson wrote:
>>Bjoern Hoehrmann writes:
>>
>>> Saying that an inferior authority must obey a superior authority does
>>> not imply that the superior authority is limited by choices any such
>>> inferior authorities have made. We might find that taking such choices
>>> into consideration is the responsible thing to do, but that is not what
>>> the text says, and certainly not how authorities tend to operate. Look
>>> no further than the +xml discussions where people do not find they need
>>> to re-define +xml in a manner compatible with all existing +xml types.
>>
>>Actually, we've been continuing to struggle with that, [...]
>
> Yes, indeed. That is the problem with the interpretation you proposed.
Sorry I wasn't clear -- by "been continuing to struggle with" I meant
"been working to achieve compatibility with all existing types".
ht
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