Informal notes on building an alternative Web specification
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Summary
This document presents informal notes on creating an alternative specification for the Web, aiming to address its drawbacks while preserving its strengths. The author focuses initially on the HTML specification (noting its 18.3 MiB size as of May 2026) and outlines goals for building a revised web architecture. The document is explicitly not a formal specification and is subject to change.
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· 3 pulledThis document contains a set of informal notes on how to build an alternative specification to the Web, in such a way that hopefully prevents many of its drawbacks while still preserves many of the good points.
This document is not an specification, and is therefore subject to change over time.
The Web is composed of several components, each may need to be reviewed.
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