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- From: Rick JELLIFFE <ricko@geotempo.com>
- To: xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- 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
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