The W3C is uniquely capable making a mess of anything and everything. I love this quote from the Web Components specification: "Decorators, unlike other parts of Web Components, do not have a specification yet." But hey, we'll throw them in there anyway!<p>The basic problem with the W3C --and the problem they've always seemed to have, is that the people responsible for the specs are <i>too smart</i> for their own good. KISS is simply beyond them.