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   Re: W3C Notes (was Re: VoiceXML news)

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  • From: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
  • To: Paul Prescod <paul@prescod.net>, xml-dev@xml.org
  • Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:45:40 -0400

At 11:53 AM 5/30/00 -0500, Paul Prescod wrote:
>I observe that the W3C NOTE process is confusing to anyone that does not
>follow the W3C closely. The fact that they are displayed along with the
>other specifications gives them a warm standards glow that they would
>not have if they were separated out. People often talk to me about NOTEs
>as if they were RECs.

Also worth noting is the tendency by some on xml-uri@w3.org to treat
certain NOTEs coming from within the W3C as canonical, particularly:
http://www.w3.org/1999/04/WebData
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-webarch-extlang

and possibly:
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-rdfarch

Simon St.Laurent
XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed.
Building XML Applications
Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical
Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth
http://www.simonstl.com

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