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Replying to @mamund @TheAmazingRando
I don't remember seeing <form> in HAL. HAL is hypermedia but not the web.
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See "templated=true" in HAL spec @mikekelly85 @TheAmazingRando
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is there a HAL-HTML? If not, we're not talking about web standards.
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wow. ok, I'm done. cheers. @mikekelly85 @TheAmazingRando
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I think you're assuming some meaning in my words that I don't intend...
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some long-lived terminology debate where the stakes of this are much higher than I would expect.
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I am not saying hypermedia is not useful (I'm the author of a hypermedia spec)
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I'm saying there's a useful distinction between hypermedia and "the media type used by browsers"
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and "web standards" are largely concerned with that media type.
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when ppl say "move the web beyond browsers", they're usually conflating things in an unhelpful way
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Replying to @wycats @mamund @mikekelly85 @TheAmazingRando
Sadly, the way many people prefer to use browsers these days doesn’t really qualify as “Web”

Sep 26, 2016 · 8:34 PM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov @mamund @mikekelly85 @TheAmazingRando
that's the kind of sentiment I'm pushing back on. The web is not an abstract concept 1/
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it's a media type & protocol defined by web standards (produced by W3C, WHATWG, and TC39) 2/2
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