Re: ISSUE-53: mediatypereg - suggest closing on 2009-09-03

Henri Sivonen wrote:
> On Aug 31, 2009, at 14:38, Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
>> Henri Sivonen wrote:
>>> ...
>>> Now I'm confused by your argument. Why do *recipients* need anything 
>>> more than the processing requirements given by HTML5?
>>> ...
>>
>> Not everything is a processing requirement (for instance, when an 
>> element carries certain semantics which do not actually affect 
>> processing in a UA).
> 
> 
> What are semantics that don't trigger any observable processing in any 
> UA good for? When you say "recipient", do you mean a person or a piece 
> of software?

It might trigger observable processing in *some* recipients.

Are you trying to say that we should remove all "semantic" elements if 
they do not have precise UA processing requirements?

BR, Julian

Received on Monday, 31 August 2009 11:47:36 UTC