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Ann Navarro wrote: > > And finally, I must agree with Tim wrt: the value of face to face meetings. > In fact, if we *weren't* so global in nature, I'd argue for *more* face to > face meetings, rather than fewer, as productivity is so greatly increased > during those periods. Then, Ann, there is no difference between the processes which the W3C uses to create specifications and ISO uses to create standards. The four F2Fs a year typical in ISO work exactly the same. The difference is ISO produces documented issues and change lists. It uses professional and proven means to edit standards. Where are the issues and reasons for the changes to the XHTML specification being asked for by members of the development community? Produce these and answer their questions or drop the pretense of moral majesty. In effect, the W3C is a consortium trying to write standards and has no moral majesty, just a single authority vested to make decisions. This is neither moral nor more effective: just speedy. Given the results for XHTML and the wide umbrage, that speed may be perceived as bought at the cost of quality. So, the criticism of ISO and IETF in the article is obsequious and underhanded. Don't expect the press to report the right facts as long as the W3C feeds them self-serving propaganda. len xml-dev: A list for W3C XML Developers. To post, mailto:xml-dev@i... Archived as: http://www.lists.ic.ac.uk/hypermail/xml-dev/ and on CD-ROM/ISBN 981-02-3594-1 To (un)subscribe, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; (un)subscribe xml-dev To subscribe to the digests, mailto:majordomo@i... the following message; subscribe xml-dev-digest List coordinator, Henry Rzepa (mailto:rzepa@i...)
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