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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0 Strict//EN">
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<TITLE>HTML Working Group of the IETF (at W3C)</TITLE>
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<A HREF="../../"><IMG BORDER="0" ALT="W3C" SRC="../../Icons/WWW/w3c_home"
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ALT="W3C"></A> | <A HREF="../">HTML</A>
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<A HREF="http://www.ietf.org/"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="../../Icons/WWW/ietf_48x84.gif"
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ALT="IETF" WIDTH="84" HEIGHT="48"></A> HTML WG
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NOTE: This working group is closed
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<PRE>
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Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 08:52:30 -0500
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Message-Id: <2.2.32.19960912135230.00b6c3f8@spyglass.com>
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To: html-wg@w3.org
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From: "Eric W. Sink" <eric@spyglass.com>
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Subject: This WG is now closed
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</PRE>
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See: <A href="../Activity">W3C HTML Activity</A> for HTML development status.
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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The HTML Working Group is chartered firstly to describe, and secondly to
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develop, the HyperText Markup Language (HTML). The group's work is to be
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based on existing practice on the Internet, and will make due reference to
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the SGML standard.
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<ADDRESS>
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from the
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<A HREF="http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/proceedings/94dec/charters/html-charter.html">charter
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of the HTML WG</A><BR>
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as of IETF 31, Dec 1994
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</ADDRESS>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>
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If you are new to the <A href="http://www.ietf.org/">IETF</A>, you should
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probably do some background reading. I recommend:
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A href="ftp://ds.internic.net/ietf/1wg-guidelines.txt">IETF Working Group
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Process</A>
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<LI>
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<A href="ftp://ds.internic.net/ietf/1id-guidelines.txt">Guidelines to Draft
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Authors</A>
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<LI>
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<A href="http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/tao.html">The TAO of the IETF</A>
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</UL>
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<P>
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IETF working groups exist for the sole purpose of drafting, revising, and
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reviewing Internet Standards. They have a focused charter and milestones.
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In order to conduct the business of the working group effectively, discussion
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of items not on the charter is prohibited (this rule is enforced by the working
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group chair, and sometimes the members. <STRONG>You have been warned</STRONG>.)
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There are a number of <A HREF="../#discussion">other HTML and WWW discussion
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forums</A>, such as mailing lists and USENET newsgroups, where discussions
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of philosophy, proposed features, and announcements of WWW systems and
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resources are welcome.
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Mailing List
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<P>
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The business of the working group is conducted on a public mailing list,
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<TT><html-wg@w3.org></TT> (formerly html-wg@oclc.org).
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<H2>
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Background and Archives
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<DL>
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<DT>
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<A HREF="http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/html.charters/html-charter.html">HTML
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working group charter</A>
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<DD>
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maintained by the IETF secretariate
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<TT><ietf-web@cnri.reston.va.us></TT>
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<DT>
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<A HREF="http://listserv.heanet.ie/html-wg.html"><!--
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<A HREF="http://www.acl.lanl.gov/HTML_WG/archives.html">-->Hypertext Archive
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of HTML-WG mailing list</A>
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<DD>
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formerly maintained by Ron Daniel<BR>
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<!--no longer there, but there are
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<A HREF="http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&kl=XX&q=link%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.acl.lanl.gov%2FHTML_WG%2F">lots
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of links to it</A>-->
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<DT>
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<A HREF="http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/">HTML-WG: Abstracts and Related
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Info</A>
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<DD>
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maintained by Roy Fielding
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<DT>
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<A HREF="http://www.acl.lanl.gov/HTML/html-archive.subject-index.html">HTML
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Implementors Group mailing list archive</A>
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<DD>
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Archive of messages from June 14, 1994 to October 14, 1994, dealing with
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revisions to the HTML 2.0 specifications.
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(<A HREF="http://www.devry-phx.edu/webresrc/webmstry/langtech.htm">source</A>)
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</DL>
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<H2>
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Principals
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<DL>
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HTML Working Group Chair
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<DD>
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Eric Sink <TT>esink@spyglass.com</TT>
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Editor of the HTML 2.n Specification:
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<DD>
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Dan Connolly <TT>connolly@w3.org</TT>
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<DT>
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Editor of the 3.n Specification(s)
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<DD>
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Dave Raggett <TT>dsr@w3.org</TT>
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</DL>
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<H2>
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Proposing New Features
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<P>
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Those who would propose new features or modify old ones are urged to discuss
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their ideas with experienced HTML implementors before going public. In any
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case, the following issues should be addressed in any proposal:
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<UL>
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a statement of the problem as you see it
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<LI>
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a proposed solution
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<LI>
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a demonstration that this solution is globally cost-effective without being
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locally prohibitive (i.e. the sum of all the effort of deploying this solution
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is less than the cost of dealing with the problem with existing technology,
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and yet no one party bears too much of the burden. For example, if you require
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every information provider to do something, it had better be minimal.)
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<LI>
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a discussion of graceful deployment and interoperability issues.
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</UL>
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<H3>
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<STRONG>**** NOTE WELL **** </STRONG>
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</H3>
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<P>
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Your ideas will achieve greater credence if you take the time and effort
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to disseminate proposals as an internet draft. Don't forget to follow the
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internet draft guidelines:
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<A HREF="ftp://ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/internet-drafts/1id-guidelines.txt"><CITE>Guidelines
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to Authors of Internet-Drafts</CITE></A>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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"We value your opinion, really we do, but we're going to put a stiff tax
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on its expression, so that we won't have to hear it very often."
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<ADDRESS>
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-name withheld to protect the guilty ;-)
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</ADDRESS>
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</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<HR>
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<ADDRESS>
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<A HREF="../../People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</A><BR>
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<SMALL>$Revision: 1.11 $ $Author: dsr $<BR>
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$Date: 2000/01/31 19:30:15 $</SMALL>
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