Re: Remarks and typos on XBL Last Call #2

On 1/22/07, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, Innovimax SARL wrote:
> >
> > In http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xbl-20070117/
> >
> > ==Normative Reference==
> > Third edition of XML instead of fourth
> > First edition of XMLNS instead of second
>
> Fixed.
>
>
> > ==Inconsistencies==
> > evtGroup, but eventPhase
>
> That's not XBL's fault, that's just how DOM Events has it.
>
>
> > initialize, initialized but initialisation
>
> Fixed.
>
>
> > focussed and focused are both used
>
> Fixed.
>
>
> > In 4.9.1. General Rules
> > html:label, html:img and html:map but img, map and title (I understand
> > non namespaced element in the document are in the XBL namespace)
>
> Fixed where potentially ambigious.
>
>
> > ==Strange point==
> > In 1.4.3. Attributes Containing Space-Separated Values
> > It's unclear to me wether you are speaking about before XML character
> > normalisation or after. In either case, it seems flawed
> > If it is before, to be consistent with XML behaviour, you missed the
> > TAB (0x9) char in the space definition
> > If it is after, all the 0xA, 0xD no more exist and have been replaced
> > by 0x20 (see 3.3.3 Attribute-Value Normalization in XML)
>
> It is after, because XBL is layered on top of the DOM, which itself is on
> top of XML, and therefore the XML rules have already been applied by the
> time XBL has anything to do with the content. However, it is still
> possible to have U+000A and U+000D characters in attributes, both by using
> entities in XML, and by directly putting such character data in the
> attribute using the DOM.

Ok I see, but then what is the special meaning of 0x9 to not be
treated as space ?

>
>
> > ==Schematas==
> > It seems, the grammar of a valid xbl document is difficult to explain
> > in DTD or XML Schema.
> > Is it planned to provide a Relax NG+Schematron or even an NVDL for it ?
>
> There is no plan to make an official schema for XBL.
>
>
> > ==Typo==
> > s/favourite/favorite/
> > s/Feburary/February/
> > s/instace/instance/
> > s/programatically/programmatically/
> > s/recognise/recognize/
> > s/UA's/UAs/ (to be consistent with the majority)
>
> I couldn't find all of these, and some of them were not incorrect (in
> particular the one occurance of "UA's" is currect as it is the singular),
> but I have fixed those that I found.

Sorry for UA's and Feburary was in XML normative reference
Is there any other you didn't found ?

>
>
> > Mohamed
>
> Thanks for your feedback. Could you let me know your full name for the
> acknowledgements section?

Mohamed ZERGAOUI
Innovimax AC Rep

>
> Thanks,
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Received on Monday, 22 January 2007 10:26:15 UTC