On Sun, 29 Apr 2007, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i think this online definition matches what i have in mind:
> >
> > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-10,GGGL:en&defl=en&q=define:Deprecated&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title
>
> "Definitions of Deprecated on the Web: [...] This term is used to refer
> to /obsolete/ structures that should not be used for new applications".
>
> Emphasis is mine.
> I can agree with this and the other definitions at this search result.
you're conflating those two again. here's my last attempt -- see the
definitions here:
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/conform.html
and note the fundamental distinction:
deprecated: "... User agents should continue to support deprecated
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
elements for reasons of backward compatibility..."
obsolete: "... no guarantee of support by a user agent."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
that's it -- there's the fundamental difference. i really don't
care if you can find other wordings that you can interpret
differently. in *my* proposal, those two definitions are not
orthogonal, they are mutually exclusive. period. end of discussion.
if you can't accept that, feel free to submit your own proposal.
rday
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