Re: [link-relations] NEW RELATION REQUEST

[Ian Hickson <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Julian Reschke wrote:
> On 10.08.2010 23:11, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Julian Reschke wrote:
> > > On 10.08.2010 20:17, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > The template for this relation is in the specification as requested:
> > > > 
> > > >      http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#rel-alternate-registration
> > > 
> > > (beware - do not open with performance challenged UAs such as FF 3.x :-)
> > > 
> > > This actually is an update for an existing registration. Looking at the
> > > text
> > > from HTML4 and the current text I do not see a problem with the update.
> > > 
> > > That being said, as the original registration refers to an W3C spec, I'd
> > > expect the update to do so as well.
> > 
> > Ok, updated.
> 
> It's now:
> 
> > This is the registration template for this value in the Link Relations
> > registry: [IANALINKTYPE]
> > Relation Name:
> > alternate
> > Description:
> > Gives alternate representations of the current document, provides a link to
> > a syndication feed, or modifies the meaning of other link relations,
> > depending on context.
> > Reference:
> > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#rel-alternate
> > Notes:
> > (none)
> > Application Data:
> > (none)
> 
> (side note: just because it should be in the spec doesn't mean it doesn't
> *also* make sense to post it here).
> 
> That being said, I'm fine with this registration if it actually refers to the
> W3C Working Draft (that is, <http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/>).

So to be clear, you are rejecting this registration unless it references 
the out-of-date snapshot document on the W3C site rather than either the 
WHATWG document or the current W3C document? (So in particular, you are 
rejecting this registration at least until the next snapshot publication?)

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