[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] Re: Why Use anyURI
> This whole thing where people point out problems with the deliverables, > and then something's done about it isn't popular with the Working Group: > > At the face to face meeting of January 2006 in St. Petersburg, > the Working Group decided not to take further action on this > issue in XML Schema 1.1. (This issue was not discussed > separately; it was one of those which were dispatched by a > blanket decision that all other open issues would be closed > without action, unless raised again in last-call comments.) > -- http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=1889 > > (I'm not aware they handled subsequent last call comments differently.) Actually, many comments on the spec have been received and dealt with. The problem is that the number of active participants on the WG is tiny, and none of them is able to allocate more than about 10-20% of their time to this activity, while at the same time the amount of user interest in the spec is huge. So the Chair has from time to time decided that the primary objective was to get finished, and that if we continued to remain open to new comments, the backlog of comments would increase over time rather than decreasing. The fact that we've been in this position since Jan 2006 and still haven't finished illustrates the magnitude of the problem. When I saw that this was the situation, I decided to stop moaning from the sidelines and join the WG. The situation might be different if more people had done the same. Michael Kay Saxonica
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] |
PURCHASE STYLUS STUDIO ONLINE TODAY!Purchasing Stylus Studio from our online shop is Easy, Secure and Value Priced! Download The World's Best XML IDE!Accelerate XML development with our award-winning XML IDE - Download a free trial today! Subscribe in XML format
|