This week in HTML5…in verse. So <time> is saved though it may be changed, and <data> is on the horizon. <hgroup> is going, you can hear it moaning, as HTML5 continues to wizen.
Category: W3C
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One of the still open issues with HTML5 is the lack of a verbose descriptor for an image, since the longdesc attribute was made obsolete. The longdesc attribute used to take a URL to a separate page or page fragment that contained a long text description for a complex or highly nuanced image. Typically, the […]
TPAC is the W3C annual meeting where the various working group members gather in bloody battle to see who emerges victorious…and who then has to buy the beer. I’ve just published my response—in my usual quietly thoughtful manner—to Opera employee notes from the meeting at RealTech.
In my earlier writing, I suggested that after October 1st, people with comments should send emails to the public-html-comment email list, as I thought this would be where Last Call comments would be addressed. Evidently, I was incorrect. According to a clarification I received, all comments should be submitted to the Bugzilla database. In addition, any […]
The IE Blog recently posted a guide to the W3C process of taking HTML5 to Last Call (LC). The writing included a call to those not currently involved in the W3C HTML Working Group (WG) to review the HTML5 specification and file bugs and LC comments. The HTML WG has good representation from the browser companies, […]