Dear Ian,
Such an extreme message does not help the discussion.
Besides, in the paragraph 2 of the section you quote, I read: "All
chapters are normative except for specific sections marked as being
informative. "
The sentence I quoted was in an unmarked, hence normative paragraph.
At best, there is a contradiction in the SVG spec. But it is *not* as
clear as you both pretend.
Regards
JC
Ian Hickson wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2007, Jean-Claude Dufourd wrote:
Well, whatever you think, it is normative text. And it does not say
anything about error.
No, it's not. The SVG spec clearly states what is normative (see SVG Tiny
1.2 appendix D section 2 paragraph 1). The issue of the SVG 1.2 Tiny spec
not clearly stating what was normative or not was one of the many issues
raised in the last few last calls (see e.g. SVGT12-163). The SVG working
group stated they had resolved these issues by updating "the entire
specification to ensure properly worded conformance criterias".
By the working group's own assertion, therefore, the sentence you cited is
not normative. Bjoern's point stands.
