Well, looks like the vendors of browser/server/web software have continued
to innovate and like big brother Netscape, try to introduce a new HTML
extension.
While paradigms are worth breaking (sometimes) it begs the question - Will
there be a Certification process for all the Web products to test adherence
to specifications? A Spec which is ignored is useless.
How important is the entire process to the industry? I have seen this
problem in many technologies (IGES, STEP, Video standards, AC power
connections, HDTV) - jostle for market position and let the market dictate
the standard - or - form a committee and create a standard which all adhere
to. Without standardization HTML authorship will become an unguided,
undisciplined, creative expression - not bad stand-alone - but disastrous in
a cooperative environment.
It's not wrong it's just dangerous.
My $0.03 worth.
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Opinions expressed are mine and not those of my employer.
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Christopher L. Werner Robert Bosch Corporation
System Engineer 38000 Hills Tech Dr.
(810)553-1389 Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3417