6503 2009-01-30 04:36:11 +0000 to what degree should formalisms be used (if at all) in the h:tml draft? 2010-02-18 17:43:53 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5: The Markup Language (editor: Michael(tm) Smith) unspecified Other Linux CLOSED FIXED http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Jan/0386.html P2 normal --- 1 mike mike public-html-admin public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 23343 0 mike 2009-01-30 04:36:11 +0000 comments from Hixie: "I've nothing against formalisms being used non-normatively, since they sometimes can be useful for making things clearer than prose. However, normatively they are only useful, IMHO, if they are comprehensive, and a comprehensive formalism would be incomprehensible if used to describe HTML5's rules... if the document is normative and uses formalisms, then the current language used will likely be found to be unsuitable, and thus I would recommend finding a better language to use (or developing one specifically for this purpose)." 32409 1 mike 2010-02-18 17:43:43 +0000 I have pretty much removed all the formalisms that were in earlier versions of this document, and replaced them with prose. So I think this bug is moot now.