The W3C TAG refutes HLink
In answer
to the HLink linking proposal from the W3C HTML
Working Group, the members of the W3C Technical Architecture
Group (TAG) have unanimously stated that "XLink should be used for
hypertext references in user-interface oriented applications" instead of HLink.
As presented by the HTML Working Group, HLink is a general-purpose and astute
proposal for (within the next generation of XHTML modules) mapping custom attributes into their XLink equivalents, rather than
using XLink directly. It could have been considered a good compromise to rely on XLink without
making it apparent.
The TAG decision has created strong reactions from HLink
supporters; Simon St.Laurent, pondering
its impact on the future of XHTML 2.0, writes:
I think it's fair to suggest at this point that XHTML 2.0 now needs a
coffin, and perhaps the W3C's relevance (especially given that the TAG
decision was unanimous) needs one as well.
Beyond the technical point, it is interesting to note that this is the
first time that the TAG, whose charter includes "building consensus around
principles of Web architecture", has so firmly rebuked a W3C Working Group.
Other stories:
Re: The W3C TAG refutes HLink (Guy Macon - 06:16, 8 May 2003) Same old story; you give someone the job of looking over your decisions and telling you when you are going astray, then you ignore what they say. Where is Dogbert when we need him?
-Guy Macon
http://www.guymacon.com Re: The W3C TAG refutes HLink (sat - 21:37, 3 Oct 2002) I guess W3c TAG has been blindsighted by their love for RDF. There is an anti-pattern happening here....Its commonly known as "Too much at stake".
i.e. accepting a alternative view is considered to upset some of the sacred cows, thur all alternative views are suppressed. |