On 4/20/2010 8:55 AM, Julia C. Miller wrote:
On 4/19/2010 12:35 PM, Marcello Perathoner wrote:
Julia C. Miller wrote:
In order for a "paradigm shift" to happen at DP, PG has to define what is and is not acceptable in the HTML and spell it out so that DP can put it into practice.
It would be much better if DP did that.
So after DP goes through the time and effort to define the standards to upload to PG, people from PG can say "No, that's not what we want"?
Sure. They can do that now with any of DP's offerings. But they won't. With the exception of Mr. Perathoner, I would be surprised if there were any of the Powers That Be at PG who know enough about HTML to be able to determine if an HTML file were "good" or "bad." And there are plenty of "bad" HTML files in the PG archive already. If DP were to develop standards for HTML files, they would become the /de facto/ HTML standard for PG, although no one but DP would actually enforce them. If you can help convince DP to establish HTML guidelines and standards, I think you ought to try, if for no other reason than to produce guidelines that can be used independently of DP. DP is moribund, but not nearly as moribund as PG.