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They could have done it as a WG in W3C, but they decided not to. They instead created a separate organization and cabal which today is controlled de facto by Go
by andrewmcwatters 4y ago
They could have done it as a WG in W3C, but they decided not to. They instead created a separate organization and cabal which today is controlled de facto by Google.
- gsnedders 4y agoThey couldn't: to form a W3C WG requires support of the staff and the W3C membership, and it was clear that there wasn't that support prior to the WHATWG's formation. I believe the original preference of those involved was to do it at the W3C. And indeed, Web Forms 2.0 was presented as a position paper by Opera and Mozilla at a W3C workshop in 2004, prior to the formation of the WHATWG, and voted down: https://www.w3.org/2004/04/webapps-cdf-ws/papers/opera.html https://www.w3.org/2004/04/webapps-cdf-ws/papers/opera.html