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Is there a process for removing bad ideas from a specification?

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Is there a process for removing bad ideas from a specification?

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There are several processes by which we trim weeds from the specifications. • On a regular basis, especially around explicit call-for-comments, we go through every section and mark areas as being considered for removal. This happened early in 2008 with the data templates, repetition blocks, and DFN-element cross references, for example. If no feedback is received to give us strong reasons to keep such features, then they eventually are removed altogether. • Anyone can ask for a feature to be removed; such feedback is considered like all other feedback and is based on the merits of the arguments put forward. • If browsers don’t widely implement a feature, or if authors don’t use a feature, or if the uses of the feature are inconsequential or fundamentally wrong or damaging, then, after due consideration, features will be removed. Removing features is a critical part of spec development.

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