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   Karl Dubost (karlcow@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:27:07 JST Karl Dubost

   There Are No Standards Police https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/03/13/voluntary

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 22:27:06 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @karlcow that's what they want you to think

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 23:53:50 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @karlcow I was joking that there *is* a standards police, but they don't want people to know they exist, so they spread the false rumour that they don't.

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     Karl Dubost (karlcow@mastodon.cloud)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2024 23:53:52 JST Karl Dubost

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan Who is they? What is what? :)

     That said I have had many times the interesting discussion while I was working at W3C with people asking me: "Why don't you force implementer X to implement web standard A?". The answer is indeed because W3C has no enforcement power and for good reasons. Industrial consortium vs Civil society.

     There are a lot of careful discussions to have about enforcement of standards through regulations. Not an easy topic. Definitely.