[Bug 24605] Make the use of <table border="1"> RECOMMENDED default in polyglot/robust documents and tools

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24605

Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net> ---
(In reply to David Carlisle from comment #4)
> (In reply to Leif Halvard Silli from comment #3)
> > (In reply to David Carlisle from comment #2)
> > > I think that this is far too far from the main aim of the polyglot spec of
> > > XML/HTML compatibility, so I would argue that it should not be recommended
> > > in this spec, even if I agreed with the recommendation.
> > 
> > Understand what you say. At the same time, Sam has been making the argument,
> > repeatedly, that attributes directly on element are more robust than CSS.
> 
> There are places to make that argument (which actually I don't disagree with)
> but not in this spec.

I don't recognize the argument that is being attributed to me, but in any case,
I agree that this is not the place to make recommendations that go beyond the
scope of making documents that work equally as well in both XML and HTML
contexts.

HTML5 and HTML 5.1 should take a position on whether the border attribute is
recommended, valid, or invalid, and polyglot should follow.  Either that or
there should be a separate extension specification for the boarder attribute.

I recoginize that Mike is trying to overturn a previous WG decision -- I'll
stay out of that discussion until the editors have proposed a resolution:
https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24591

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