Zur Zeit arbeitet das W3C an der nächsten Version der Markup-Sprache HTML. Im Rahmen der neuen HTML Working Group ist man nun übereingekommen, den Entwurf der WHAT Working Group als Basis für die weitere Entwicklung zu verwenden. Kevin Yank schreibt dazu bei Sitepoint:
A Surprise Proposal
Before the search could begin, however, representatives of Mozilla, Apple, and Opera came forward with a proposal to adopt the WHAT Working Group’s HTML5 draft specification as a starting point for further development of HTML within the W3C.
After no small amount of discussion, the W3C’s HTML WG today voted to accept the proposal, with these specific outcomes:
- The WHAT Working Group’s HTML5 (Web Applications 1.0 and Web Forms 2.0) will become the current working draft, and an extensive review by the new working group will now take place.
- The final W3C specification will be named “HTML 5″
- The W3C specification will be edited by Ian Hickson (Google), editor of the WHAT-WG’s HTML5, and David Hyatt (Apple/Safari).
And there we have it: the harmful division that had come to exist between the major browser vendors and the W3C seems to be a thing of the past! So far so good, right?
Of course, there are still big challenges ahead, not least of which will be getting this large and open working group to agree on a seemingly endless list of technical minutiae.
Es sieht also so aus, als ob man nun endlich in Gang kommt, statt weiter nur zu diskutieren. Ein Anfang ist gemacht, und der gibt Hoffnung.
via ajaxian