ISSUE-59: Should the HTML WG produce a separate document that is a normative language reference and if so what are the requirements

normative-language-reference

Should the HTML WG produce a separate document that is a normative language reference and if so what are the requirements

State:

CLOSED

Product:

HTML 5 spec

Raised by:

Shawn Medero

Opened on:

2008-10-23

Description:

In the joint meeting with the HTML WG and TAG it was discussed that HTML producers need a clean language specification.

Meeting transcript from #html-wg: http://www.w3.org/2008/10/23-html-wg-minutes.html

Work has been done in this area within the HTML WG and two examples were offered up as possible solutions:

* The Web Developer's Guide to HTML 5 W3C, Editor - Lachlan Hunt
http://dev.w3.org/html5/html-author/
* HTML 5 - A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML - 8.1 Writing HTML documents, Editor - Ian Hickson
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/#writing-html-documents

Related Actions Items:

• ACTION-77 on Michael[tm] Smith to Lead HTML WG to response to TAG discussion and report back to TAG - due 2009-02-19, closed
• ACTION-116 on Michael[tm] Smith to Coordinate review of current H:TML draft - due 2009-05-28, closed
• ACTION-109 on Michael[tm] Smith to hand out work to reviewers of H:TML - due 2009-07-23, closed
• ACTION-110 on Michael[tm] Smith to Add note to H:TML draft about what's currently missing and planned to be added - due 2009-07-23, closed
• ACTION-168 on Michael[tm] Smith to Prepare H:TML for First Public Working Draft - due 2010-01-28, closed

Related emails:

1. RE: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2011-07-14)
2. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from mjs@apple.com on 2011-06-21)
3. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2011-06-08)
4. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from hsivonen@iki.fi on 2011-06-08)
5. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2011-06-08)
6. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from jackalmage@gmail.com on 2011-06-08)
7. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2011-06-07)
8. Re: CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2011-06-07)
9. RE: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from jfoliot@stanford.edu on 2011-06-07)
10. CfC: Publish HTML5 Edition for Web Authors as First Public Working Draft (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2011-06-07)
11. RE: author-only view of HTML5 and ACTION-190 (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2011-04-16)
12. author-only view of HTML5 and ACTION-190 (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2010-11-04)
13. Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-67 h:tml-parsing-dom - extended to 2010-01-07 (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-01-12)
14. Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-59 normative-language-reference extended to 2010-01-07 (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-01-12)
15. RE: {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-01-07 (from ishida@w3.org on 2010-01-11)
16. {agenda} HTML WG telecon 2010-01-07 (from mjs@apple.com on 2010-01-06)
17. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-12-17: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-12-15)
18. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-12-17: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com on 2009-12-15)
19. Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-67 h:tml-parsing-dom - extended to 2010-01-07 (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-15)
20. Re: CfC: Close ISSUE-59 normative-language-reference extended to 2010-01-07 (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-15)
21. Re: HTML WG issues scheduled to close Dec 17 comments (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-12)
22. HTML WG issues scheduled to close Dec 17 comments (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-12-12)
23. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from shelley.just@gmail.com on 2009-12-10)
24. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from shelley.just@gmail.com on 2009-12-10)
25. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-10-29: action items, calls for consensus/proposals, task forces (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-12-09)
26. CfC: Close ISSUE-59 normative-language-reference (ends 2009-12-17) (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-08)
27. CfC: Close ISSUE-67 h:tml-parsing-dom (ends 2009-12-17) (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-12-08)
28. minutes for 2009-09-17 telcon (from mike@w3.org on 2009-09-20)
29. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-09-17 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-09-16)
30. Re: Spec with issue markers [was: Re: HTML5-warnings - request to publish as next heartbeat WD] (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-08-18)
31. Re: Spec with issue markers [was: Re: HTML5-warnings - request to publish as next heartbeat WD] (from jgraham@opera.com on 2009-08-18)
32. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-07-23 (from singer@apple.com on 2009-07-22)
33. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-07-23 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-07-22)
34. minutes HTML weekly 9 July for review (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-07-09)
35. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-06-22)
36. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-06-15)
37. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-06-01)
38. minutes: HTML WG Weekly 21 May 2009 [draft] (from annevk@opera.com on 2009-05-21)
39. minutes: HTML WG Weekly 21 May 2009 [draft] (from annevk@opera.com on 2009-05-21)
40. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-05-11)
41. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-04-27)
42. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-04-23 (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-04-24)
43. Re: {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-04-23 (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-04-24)
44. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-04-21)
45. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-04-15)
46. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-03-31)
47. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-03-24)
48. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-03-16)
49. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-03-12 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-03-11)
50. {agenda} HTML WG telcon 2009-03-12 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-03-11)
51. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-03-09)
52. HTML WG telcon 2009-03-05 *cancelled* (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-03-04)
53. HTML WG telcon 2009-03-05 *cancelled* (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-03-04)
54. H:TML Status section updated [was: Moving forward on deciding] (from mike@w3.org on 2009-02-27)
55. minutes: HTML WG Weekly 26 Feb 2009 (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-02-26)
56. minutes: HTML WG Weekly 26 Feb 2009 (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-02-26)
57. Re: Input on the agenda (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-02-23)
58. Input on the agenda (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-02-23)
59. minutes: HTML WG telecon 2009-02-19 [draft] (from julian.reschke@gmx.de on 2009-02-19)
60. minutes HTML WG Weekly 29 Jan (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-02-02)
61. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-01-29)
62. Re: ACTION-95, ISSUE-65: Plan to publish a new WD of HTML-5 (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-01-27)
63. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-01-27)
64. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from mike@w3.org on 2009-01-27)
65. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2009-01-26)
66. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from mjs@apple.com on 2009-01-26)
67. RE: ACTION-95, ISSUE-65: Plan to publish a new WD of HTML-5 (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-01-23)
68. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from jonas@sicking.cc on 2009-01-23)
69. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2009-01-23)
70. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from dbaron@dbaron.org on 2009-01-23)
71. RE: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from masinter@adobe.com on 2009-01-23)
72. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from chaa006@gmail.com on 2009-01-23)
73. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk on 2009-01-23)
74. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from robin@berjon.com on 2009-01-23)
75. minutes: HTML WG weekly telcon 22 Jan 2009 (from connolly@w3.org on 2009-01-23)
76. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au on 2009-01-23)
77. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from hsivonen@iki.fi on 2009-01-23)
78. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-01-23)
79. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from jgraham@opera.com on 2009-01-23)
80. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from karl@la-grange.net on 2009-01-23)
81. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from jgraham@opera.com on 2009-01-23)
82. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-01-23)
83. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from faulkner.steve@gmail.com on 2009-01-23)
84. Re: ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from ian@hixie.ch on 2009-01-23)
85. ISSUE-59: normative-language-reference FPWD (from rubys@intertwingly.net on 2009-01-23)
86. {minutes} HTML WG telcon 2008-11-13 - markup-spec discussion (from mike@w3.org on 2008-11-14)
87. ISSUE-59 (normative-language-reference): Should the HTML WG produce a separate document that is a normative language reference and if so what are the requirements [HTML 5 spec] (from sysbot+tracker@w3.org on 2008-10-23)

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