On Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 9:14:12 PM, Larry wrote:
LM> Martin, in a couple of places you complained that the SVG registration
LM> template, contained in a W3C document, referred to "this specification",
LM> and said:
LM> # "this specification" doesn't work when the registration template is
LM> # taken out of the SVG spec. Either say "the SVG specification" or
LM> # explicitly reference a specific version of the specification.
LM> However, I think it is common practice both in W3C and IETF, that
LM> a registration template embedded within another document can
LM> reasonably say "this specification" to mean the document in which
LM> it is embedded, with the registry itself pointing to an
LM> explicit version of the spec as well as the template within.
Larry, your interjection is timely, as I was just about to edit the
registration to address Martin's comment.
Given that we already have
Published specification:
This media type registration is extracted from Appendix P of the
SVG 1.1 specification. http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/
I'm tempted to just s/this specification/the published specification/
LM> There are plenty of examples... perhaps those comments don't apply?
LM> (This comment applies to all registries, not just of media types.)
LM> Larry
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