[whatwg] X-UA-Compatible, X-* headers, validators, etc.

Julian Reschke julian.reschke at gmx.de
Mon Oct 12 15:15:05 PDT 2009


Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> 
> On Oct 12, 2009, at 11:02 AM, Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
>> Alex Russell wrote:
>>> ...
>>> So just to clarify: should we standardize X-UA-Compatible at the IETF,
>>> the validator would no longer complain about it, assuming that you'll
>>> accept it in the wiki (which I'd like to be clear on)?
>>> ...
>>
>> To standardize it in the IETF, it would probably need to be renamed, 
>> though.
> 
> And the standard would have to describe what it actually does, which 
> would probably require some input from Microsoft. At some point, to 
> advance on the IETF standards track, it would need multiple 
> interoperable implementations. That prospect does not seem likely.

That would be true for the transition from Proposed to Draft Standard. 
Few specs ever get here.

Best regards, Julian



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