XHTML 5 - Time to simplify

From: "Jim Tivy" <jimt@bluestream.com>
To: "'XML Developers List'" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:59:56 -0700

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I had a quick scan of the HTML5(XHTML5) specification. Sometimes Specs become so tortured they need to be reworked with new simplicity and clarity.

A simpler approach could mean:

- less cross browser problems.

- more understanding for the creators of XHTML.

To do this perhaps

- deprecate the SGML serialization - no new features supported in the SGML serialization.

- rename the spec to XHTML5.

- allow modularization of SVG and MATHML in a natural Xml fashion. If the set of external Xml vocabularies needs to be restricted then list them and their versions.

- define text/xhtml as a mimetype to be supported

What do others think about:

1. should it be reworked?

2. what are the guiding principles for reworking?

http://www.bluestream.com

Jim Tivy

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