Asbjørn Ulsberg wrote:
I came up with the guidelines because I'd like to see Atom, with extensions, look as clean and easilly readable as possible. If Atom becomes a mish-mash of different syntax «standards», it will be horrible to read, parse and generate.
Asbjørn, I can sympathize with the goal, but it's not appropriate to include in the spec. It's babysitting.
If the mythical Implementor's Guide were to materialize, it might make a good home for this text.
Robert Sayre
