[html4all] "Semantic content isn't an end-goal of the HTML5 work."

[Robert J Burns]

Hi Philip et al,

On Mar 30, 2008, at 12:50 PM, Philip TAYLOR wrote:

> Just thought you might like to see the following,
> (heavily edited) extract, if you haven't been
> following the MathML debate :
> --------
> On Mar 30, 2008, Ian Hickson wrote:
>
>> Semantic content isn't an end-goal of the HTML5 work.

Yeah, not a big surprise to hear Ian say that. He's wants to bring the  
computer user the technological advancements of newsprint combined  
with the stylistic beauty of a manual typewriter.

It's just so sad to watch this. The W3C has made great strides to make  
everything modular in a rather object oriented fashion (self- 
contained, polymorphic, etc.). This approach has great repercussions  
for more quickly and agilely pushing technology forward. Rather than  
embracing that approach, Ian wants to undo all of it so that he can  
have his own IanML.

Take care,
Rob