[rfc-i] draft-hildebrand-html-rfc

[Julian Reschke]

On 2012-07-12 17:48, Joe Touch wrote:
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> On Jul 12, 2012, at 8:37 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
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>> On 2012-07-12 17:32, Joe Touch wrote:
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>>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
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>>>> On 2012-07-12 17:06, Joe Touch wrote:
>>>>>   However, whatever tags are *required* (and we still don't have that list), they need to be the MINIMAL such list.
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>>>> And where is *that* requirement coming from?
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>>> It's a direct consequence of the primary requirement that the solution be archival.
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>> I don't see how that follows from the archival requirement.
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> Archival means useful into the future.
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> Useful means it can be supported and translated if needed.
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> Keeping the set of such features minimal helps reduce the effort needed for that support, and increases the probability that such support will be correct.

So it's not a hard requirement.

I agree that simplicity can make things easier, except when you make 
things too simple. For instance, you can replace most of the "semantic" 
elements in HTML by <div>s and <span>s, but for some strange reason, 
people don't.

> I would consider anyone for whom this isn't painfully obvious to be unqualified to develop a solution, frankly.

Helpful, I'll keep that in mind.