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Re: (XML is SGML, part 1,002) Re: RELAX to ISO

• From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@g...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:21:34 +0800

David Megginson wrote:
> 
> Rick JELLIFFE writes:
> 
>  > ISO specs have different formats and constraints and politics to
>  > W3C. A spec can only have one controller, human nature being what
>  > it is.  For example, ISO has its ISO HTML (a subset of HTML 4), but
>  > its links to W3C HTML are by initial design and the continued will
>  > of SC34 to keep compatability with W3C HTML.
> 
> This might be a good time to explain what specific concrete benefits
> have accrued to users so far from SC34's work with ISO HTML, other
> than the ability to get around certain government and industry
> standardization policies.
> 
> Is HTML-based software more stable or easier to implement as a result?
> Are browsers more interoperable?  Does the industry pay more attention
> to conformance and accessibility because of ISO HTML?
 
Exactly.  ISO HTML is just a nice profile of HTML with a tight content
model so that h2 cannot come before/above h1, developed for contractual 
reasons. It was so much effort for the people concerned, I hope there
was some
benefit.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

• References:
  • Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@y...>
  • Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: KenNorth <KenNorth@e...>
  • Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>
  • Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@g...>
  • Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: KenNorth <KenNorth@e...>
  • (XML is SGML, part 1,002) Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@g...>
  • re: (XML is SGML, part 1,002) Re: RELAX to ISO
    • From: David Megginson <david@m...>

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