Melinda:
The concept of splitting the CSS part and the XHTML part into two separate
documents is growing on me but I'm not yet convinced.
I really don't like the idea of pulling the MIME spec, etc. out into yet a third
document. This spec is small enough that we could simply make it an ANNEX to
the XHTML document. I believe the conformance for the XTHML and CSS should be
contained within each document in the same style as the W3C uses.
The MIME spec should only deal with the MIME type itself and any parameters
(optional or mandatory) that can be appended to the MIME type. If we do a
separate MIME document, it should be of the same style and content as similar
scoped IETF document like RFC3236. If we take all the IETF boilerplate out, the
MIME definition of XHTML+XML contained in RFC3236 is about 2 pages. Clearly
appropriate for an ANNEX to the main XHTML document.
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Don Wright don@lexmark.com
Member, IEEE SA Standards Board
Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org
Director, Alliances & Standards
Lexmark International
740 New Circle Rd
Lexington, Ky 40550
859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
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"GRANT,MELINDA (HP-Vancouver,ex1)" <melinda_grant%hp.com@interlock.lexmark.com>
on 05/28/2002 12:20:55 PM
To: xp%pwg.org@interlock.lexmark.com
cc: (bcc: Don Wright/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject: RE: XP> New XHTML-Print Version
I've been thinking some about the document organization question, and I'd
like to float a proposal:
We replace the current specification document with a family of three
documents:
1. An XHTML-Print specification. This would not include the CSS
requirements or tutorials that are in the current spec. A rough first pass
example is attached.
2. A CSS-Print specification, ala CSS-Mobile recommendation and
CSS-TV draft proposal. I believe the W3C CSS group has indicated their
interest in helping to develop this spec.
3. A specification describing the
application/vnd.pwg-xhtml-print+xml MIME media type. This would tie all the
requirements together, pointing to the XHTML-Print and CSS-Print specs,
adding the JPEG requirement, multiplexed discussion, tutorials, etc.
Motivations:
1. Since we're using W3C-based standards, align our approach with
that taken by the W3. This will make it easier for people familiar with w3
standards to quickly assimilate the mapping to printing.
2. It will also facilitate conversations and interactions with
members of the w3.
3. The current name, XHTML-Print, isn't really accurate since it
includes much more than just XHTML.
Thoughts?
Melinda
-----Original Message-----
From: don@lexmark.com [mailto:don@lexmark.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:19 PM
To: xp@pwg.org
Subject: XP> New XHTML-Print Version
Since we have a long term goal of moving the XHTML-Print work to the W3C, I
have
converted the Word document to HTML in the style of the W3C.
Please review:
http://www.pwg.org/xhtml-print/HTML-Version/XHTML-Print.html
and let me know what you think. I have not started the work of considering
how
to split the document into an XHTML part and a CSS part yet because I think
we
need to discuss if that is the right move to make. That discussion should,
of
course, be on this list.
Please identify any errors in the HTML version (getting all the cross
references
to the Bibliography was a challenge!!) as soon as possible. Use at least
Netscape 6.1 or IE 5.5 to see the correct styling.
Thanks!
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Don Wright don@lexmark.com
Member, IEEE SA Standards Board
Member, IEEE-ISTO Board of Directors
f.wright@ieee.org / f.wright@computer.org
Director, Alliances & Standards
Lexmark International
740 New Circle Rd
Lexington, Ky 40550
859-825-4808 (phone) 603-963-8352 (fax)
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