From : Dan Connolly < : Dan Connolly < connolly@w3.org



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Thanks to everyone who responded to the formal proposal to publish the design principles draft, as well as everyone who participated in other parts of the discussion. http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/40318/wdhdp/results While not all comments have been addressed to the satisfaction of all working group participants, there is considerable support for publication (51 "Yes, agree" responses, in particular). There were two 'no' votes and one formal objection: "No, the Design Principles as currently formulated make reference to putative HTML 5 elements about which there is widespread disagreement (<i> and (b>, to name but two). The Design Principles should be cast in abstract language so as not to appear to lend support to any particular putative HTML 5 feature, element, attribute, etc." That seems to fall under the category of a comment on the document that can be addressed in future drafts, not a critical reason to continue to delay publication. We are resolved, then, to release HTML Design Principles as a W3C Working Draft. Mike Smith will please work with Maciej Stachowiak and Anne van Kesteren to get the document published on http://www.w3.org/TR/ http://www.w3.org/html/wg/html5/principles/ -- Dan Connolly and Chris Wilson, HTML WG chairs