> I would estimate that less than 10% of web pages can pass
> *any* validator DTD. I *KNOW* how to write compliant code and I still have
> to fix things nearly everytime I write a page because of typos or simple
> mistakes and forgetfulness. Without a good validator, they would simply
> go up like that.
>
> So I repeat: It is time to officially disband the HTML WG.
No, it is not.
I can't put it in any better than another Spyglass employee did, at our
recent partner's conference, so I'll try to quote:
"The Web community needs to be informed of the cost of maintaining
millions of pages of content which match a language with no formal
description."
Sure, we need a user's guide to HTML. There are some.
But we MUST have a formal description of HTML. That's the bottom line
agenda of this group. It's essential.
If you have a better way of reaching that goal, then by all means, jump
in and solve the problem. Until that surfaces, it will continue to be
my policy to support what we have, and to help make it better. Right
now, that is this IETF Working Group.