Hi Jose, On 4/16/07, José Manuel Cantera Fonseca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+ You talk about Web Forms 2. As far as I know it is not clear that Web Forms 2 is something to be adopted by W3C. The Forms Task Force is working on XFORMS Transitional [1]. I think the example should avoid using any Web Forms 2 syntax.
AFAIK, the HTML working group will be working on Web Forms 2.0 so there probably more chance of it becoming a part of HTML5 (and actually being implemented into browsers). Seems illogical to me to have transitional technology to something that will be incompatible with the web (XForms).
+ You talk about HTML 5. The former comment also applies here. At the moment it is not clear if the W3C is going to adopt the WHATWG proposal or not. So, IMHO, the examples should be neutral and be built upon HTML 4.01 or XHTML 1.1.
You are right, at this point HTML 5 has not been adopted. However, we expect it will be adopted in the next week or so. Given that HTML 5 is backwards compatible with HTML4.01 I don't see it as a big problem. Also, also I'm fairly sure XHTML5 will be backwards compatible with XHTML1.0 so no harm is done.
+ Example 4 is something within the domain of a content adaptation tool and not in the domain of XBL. This comment may be applied to other examples, I think the Primer should not create confusion in authors and lead them to think that XBL is something intended to avoid the usage of a content adaptation platform.
XBL is a real-time content adaptation tool. In fact, it's seems to me way more flexible and easier to use than something like XSLT. I think most developers would want content adaptation based on media queries or user input without having to defer processing to a content adaptation platform.
+ I miss an example devoted to the extension of an existing UI component. IMHO, this is an important application of XBL, IMHO even more important that the content adaptation applications you are suggesting.
Scenario 2 will cover this.
Thanks and best wishes
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