Well, I am not a working group member, so that leaves me out. Which you
very well know.
I was under the impression that HTML5 was in Last Call, and open for
review from people outside of the group.
I was also under the impression that there was a procedure in place to
control major changes to the HTML5 specification. The addition of CORS
and crossorigin is a major change.
There was no justification for adding this change. It was just plopped
in after a minor discussion in a non W3C email list. It was not given
due diligence. I was assuming, from past communications issued by the
co-chairs of the group, that the person who wants to add the major
change is the one who must provide a technical argument justifying the
addition--not up to those of us who disagree with the change spending
the next six months fighting for something to be removed that was added
after a few hours of discussion in an IRC and a non-W3C email list.
Is HTML5 is Last Call or not? Does the HTML WG invite outside comments,
or not? If so, then provide a procedure in place for those outside the
group to actually participate without having walls throw into our faces.
And please: consistency in responding to different individuals would be
appreciated.
Thank you
