Tim Bray wrote: > > I'm getting increasingly grumpy and "just fail" is looking better and > better. The current normative text, "The element's content MUST be an > IRI", is clear and simple and supported by other well-understood > normative text, supported by lots of interoperable software, that make > the meanings of "element", "content", and "IRI" not really open to > intelligent dispute. I claim that text enjoyed strong, not rough, > consensus support from the WG. > > So my preferred course of action would be to leave it the way it bloody > well is. [...] > > So for now, I'm -1 on an weakening or removing "The element's content > MUST be an IRI" or analogous text in any other section. I'll stop > shouting if I'm in a small minority here. -Tim
Fine by me. However, "extraneous whitespace will cause compliant software to puke" needs to be said, not inferred. I don't believe the text here is as broadly obvious or as well-understood as you suggest. cheers Bill
