Negotiation reveals content. Process ensures opportunity. Players
determine the ambient experience. It can be fun and productive. It really
depends on the crew.
Tim Bray has a good proposal on the floor. Make it a version change so we
are clear about where this is going, and FWIW, I think it an excellent
pursuit.
Simon is right. Ten years is long enough. If the W3C won't, XML-Dev can.
That is why it is Dev. ;-)
len
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From: Elliotte Harold [mailto:]
Standards body processes can be ugly, annoying, political, and slow but
they do tend to weed out a much greater percentage of the serious
mistakes and ambiguities.
