Re: [XBL] "Semantics"

Ian, Doug,

On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:08 PM, ext Ian Hickson wrote:
>
> On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Doug Schepers wrote:
>>
>> "XBL cannot be used to give a document new semantics. The meaning  
>> of a
>> document is not changed by any bindings that are associated with it,
>> only its presentation and interactive behavior."
>>
>> It's not clear why this statement is included, what it means
>
> It means that if I bind something to:
>
>    <p>This is an example paragraph.</p>
>
> ...it doesn't stop being a paragraph.
>
>
>> or that it's provably accurate.
>
> It is a statement of fact: since there is no feature in XBL that  
> changes
> semantics, it is impossible for XBL to change semantics.

FWIW, the first time I read those two statements I said "hmmm" to  
myself, "noodled" on it a bit and then concluded "well, duh, of  
course XBL cannot give a document new semantics". I don't know why  
the reader would think that XBL could give the document new semantics.

Thus I tend to agree with Doug that those two statements are not  
needed. OTOH, I don't think those statements are particularly harmful  
but rather view them as stating the obvious.

Regards,

Art Barstow
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