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Philip Taylor (Webmaster) (17 sept. 2007 - 10:05) :
Karl Dubost wrote:
[snip]. HTML is th[e] sum of the needs of implementers.
Do you really believe that ? I find it a terribly depressing
possibility, too awful to want to contemplate ...
yes. And it is not depressing.
A specification is not a white paper on a technology. It is not
either research.
Different parties at stake with market needs will negotiate to
establish something that is/will be implemented. It is exactly the
same for your electrical plug specification, the doors of your
building, the ethernet cable specs, etc, etc, etc.
--
Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/
W3C Conformance Manager, QA Activity Lead
QA Weblog - http://www.w3.org/QA/
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