- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:53:28 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv22373
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Make the text on proprietary languages different. (whatwg r2397)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
<li><a href=#relationship-to-html-4.01-and-dom2-html><span class=secno>1.4.1 </span>Relationship to HTML 4.01 and DOM2 HTML</a></li>
<li><a href=#relationship-to-xhtml-1.x><span class=secno>1.4.2 </span>Relationship to XHTML 1.x</a></li>
<li><a href=#relationship-to-xhtml2-and-xforms><span class=secno>1.4.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2 and XForms</a></li>
- <li><a href=#relationship-to-xul-flash-silverlight-and-other-proprietary-ui-languages><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</a></ol></li>
+ <li><a href=#relationship-to-flash-silverlight-xul-and-similar-proprietary-languages><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to Flash, Silverlight, XUL <!-- alphabetical -->
+ and similar proprietary languages</a></ol></li>
<li><a href=#html-vs-xhtml><span class=secno>1.5 </span>HTML vs XHTML</a></li>
<li><a href=#structure-of-this-specification><span class=secno>1.6 </span>Structure of this specification</a>
<ol>
@@ -1006,10 +1007,21 @@
strategy games, and the like.<p><em>This</em> specification aims to extend HTML so that it is
also suitable in these contexts.<p>XHTML2, XForms, and this specification all use different
namespaces and therefore can all be implemented in the same XML
- processor.<h4 id=relationship-to-xul-flash-silverlight-and-other-proprietary-ui-languages><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>This specification is independent of the various proprietary UI
- languages that various vendors provide. As an open, vendor-neutral
- language, HTML provides for a solution to the same problems without
- the risk of vendor lock-in.<h3 id=html-vs-xhtml><span class=secno>1.5 </span>HTML vs XHTML</h3><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>This specification defines an abstract language for describing
+ processor.<h4 id=relationship-to-flash-silverlight-xul-and-similar-proprietary-languages><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to Flash, Silverlight, XUL <!-- alphabetical -->
+ and similar proprietary languages</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>This specification is independent of the various proprietary
+ application languages that various vendors provide, but is intended
+ to address many of the same problems.<p>In contrast with proprietary languages, this specification is
+ intended to define an openly-produced, vendor-neutral language, to
+ be implemented in a broad range of competing products, across a wide
+ range of platforms and devices. This enables developers to write
+ applications that are not limited to one vendor's implementation or
+ language. Furthermore, while writing applications that target
+ vendor-specific platforms necessarily introduces a cost that
+ application developers and their customers or users will face if
+ they are forced to switch (or desire to switch) to another vendor's
+ platform, using an openly-produced and vendor neutral language means
+ that application authors can switch vendors with little to no
+ cost.<h3 id=html-vs-xhtml><span class=secno>1.5 </span>HTML vs XHTML</h3><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>This specification defines an abstract language for describing
documents and applications, and some APIs for interacting with
in-memory representations of resources that use this language.<p>The in-memory representation is known as "DOM5 HTML", or "the
DOM" for short.<p>There are various concrete syntaxes that can be used to transmit
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