- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:24:29 +0900 (JST)
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
annevk: add a section on attributes that are 'changed'; mention
processing instructions as SGML feature; mention microdata attributes
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+++ Overview.html 31 Jul 2009 13:24:01 -0000 1.71
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
<h1 id=html5-diff>HTML 5 differences from HTML 4</h1>
- <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-doctype>Editor's Draft 30 July 2009</h2>
+ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-doctype>Editor's Draft 31 July 2009</h2>
<dl>
<dt>This Version:
<dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-html5-diff-20090730/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-html5-diff-20090730/</a>
+ href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-html5-diff-20090731/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/ED-html5-diff-20090731/</a>
<dt>Latest Published Version:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
can be found in the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/">W3C technical reports
index</a> at http://www.w3.org/TR/.</em>
- <p>This is the 30 July 2009 Editor's Draft produced by the <a
+ <p>This is the 31 July 2009 Editor's Draft produced by the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/">HTML Working Group</a>, part of the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Activity">HTML Activity</a>. The Working
Group intends to publish this document as a <a
@@ -168,10 +168,13 @@
<li><a href="#changed-elements"><span class=secno>3.3 </span>Changed
Elements</a>
- <li><a href="#absent-elements"><span class=secno>3.4 </span>Absent
+ <li><a href="#changed-attributes"><span class=secno>3.4 </span>Changed
+ attributes</a>
+
+ <li><a href="#absent-elements"><span class=secno>3.5 </span>Absent
Elements</a>
- <li><a href="#absent-attributes"><span class=secno>3.5 </span>Absent
+ <li><a href="#absent-attributes"><span class=secno>3.6 </span>Absent
Attributes</a>
</ul>
@@ -352,8 +355,9 @@
<p>HTML 5 defines an HTML syntax that is compatible with HTML 4
and XHTML 1 documents published on the Web, but is not compatible
with the more esoteric SGML features of HTML 4, such as the NET
- syntax (i.e. <code><em/content/</code>). Documents using the HTML
- syntax must be served with the <code>text/html</code> media type.
+ syntax (i.e. <code><em/content/</code>) and processing instructions.
+ Documents using the HTML syntax must be served with the
+ <code>text/html</code> media type.
<p>HTML 5 also defines detailed parsing rules (including "error
handling") for this syntax which are largely compatible with popular
@@ -807,6 +811,10 @@
<li>The <code>hidden</code> attribute indicates that an element is not
yet, or is no longer, relevant.
+ <li>The <code>item</code>, <code>itemprop</code>, and <code>subject</code>
+ attributes can be used to annotate content with specific machine-readable
+ labels. This feature is called Microdata in the HTML 5 draft.
+
<li>The <code>spellcheck</code> attribute allows for hinting whether
content can be checked for spelling or not.
</ul>
@@ -870,7 +878,33 @@
strong emphasis.
</ul>
- <h3 id=absent-elements><span class=secno>3.4 </span>Absent Elements</h3>
+ <h3 id=changed-attributes><span class=secno>3.4 </span>Changed attributes</h3>
+
+ <p>The following attributes are allowed but authors are strongly encouraged
+ to not use them and instead use an alternative solution:
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <p>The <code>border</code> attribute on <code>img</code>. It is required
+ to have the value "<code>0</code>" when present. Authors can use CSS
+ instead.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>The <code>language</code> attribute on <code>script</code>. It is
+ required to have the value "<code>JavaScript</code>" (case-insensitive)
+ when present and cannot conflict with the <code>type</code> attribute.
+ Authors can simply omit it as it has no useful function.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>The <code>name</code> attribute on <code>a</code>. Authors can use the
+ <code>id</code> attribute instead.
+
+ <li>
+ <p>The <code>summary</code> attribute on <code>table</code>. The
+ HTML 5 draft defines several alternative solutions.
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3 id=absent-elements><span class=secno>3.5 </span>Absent Elements</h3>
<p>The elements in this section are not to be used by authors. User agents
will still have to support them and various sections in HTML 5 define
@@ -929,7 +963,7 @@
It is not included in the XML syntax as its usage relies on an HTML
parser.
- <h3 id=absent-attributes><span class=secno>3.5 </span>Absent Attributes</h3>
+ <h3 id=absent-attributes><span class=secno>3.6 </span>Absent Attributes</h3>
<p>Some attributes from HTML 4 are no longer allowed in HTML 5.
If they need to have any impact on user agents for compatibility reasons
@@ -957,8 +991,8 @@
<li><code>version</code> attribute on <code>html</code>.
- <li><code>name</code> attribute on <code>img</code> and <code>a</code>
- (use <code>id</code> instead).
+ <li><code>name</code> attribute on <code>img</code> (use <code>id</code>
+ instead).
<li><code>scheme</code> attribute on <code>meta</code>.
@@ -969,10 +1003,6 @@
<li><code>valuetype</code> and <code>type</code> attributes on
<code>param</code>.
- <li><code>language</code> attribute on <code>script</code>.
-
- <li><code>summary</code> attribute on <code>table</code>.
-
<li><code>axis</code> and <code>abbr</code> attributes on <code>td</code>
and <code>th</code>.
@@ -1000,8 +1030,8 @@
<li><code>bgcolor</code> attribute on <code>table</code>, <code>tr</code>,
<code>td</code>, <code>th</code> and <code>body</code>.
- <li><code>border</code> attribute on <code>table</code>, <code>img</code>
- and <code>object</code>.
+ <li><code>border</code> attribute on <code>table</code> and
+ <code>object</code>.
<li><code>cellpadding</code> and <code>cellspacing</code> attributes on
<code>table</code>.
@@ -1217,12 +1247,10 @@
<code>cite</code> attribute.
<li>A new feature called Microdata has been introduced which allows people
- to embed custom data structures in their HTML documents.</li>
- <!-- XXX -->
+ to embed custom data structures in their HTML documents.
<li>Using the Microdata model three predefined vocabularies have also been
- included: vCard, vEvent, and a model for licensing.</li>
- <!-- XXX -->
+ included: vCard, vEvent, and a model for licensing.
<li>Drag and drop has been updated to work with the Microdata model.
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@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@
<p>HTML 5 defines an HTML syntax that is
compatible with HTML 4 and XHTML 1 documents published on the
Web, but is not compatible with the more esoteric SGML features of
- HTML 4, such as the NET syntax (i.e. <code><em/content/</code>).
- Documents using the HTML syntax must be served with the
- <code>text/html</code> media type.</p>
+ HTML 4, such as the NET syntax (i.e. <code><em/content/</code>)
+ and processing instructions. Documents using the HTML syntax must be
+ served with the <code>text/html</code> media type.</p>
<p>HTML 5 also defines detailed parsing rules (including "error
handling") for this syntax which are largely compatible with popular
@@ -696,6 +696,11 @@
<li>The <code>hidden</code> attribute indicates that an element is not
yet, or is no longer, relevant.
+ <li>The <code>item</code>, <code>itemprop</code>, and
+ <code>subject</code> attributes can be used to annotate content with
+ specific machine-readable labels. This feature is called Microdata in
+ the HTML 5 draft.</li>
+
<li>The <code>spellcheck</code> attribute allows for hinting whether
content can be checked for spelling or not.
@@ -753,6 +758,30 @@
</ul>
+ <h3 id="changed-attributes">Changed attributes</h3>
+
+ <p>The following attributes are allowed but authors are strongly
+ encouraged to not use them and instead use an alternative solution:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li><p>The <code>border</code> attribute on <code>img</code>. It is
+ required to have the value "<code>0</code>" when present. Authors can
+ use CSS instead.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <code>language</code> attribute on <code>script</code>. It
+ is required to have the value "<code>JavaScript</code>"
+ (case-insensitive) when present and cannot conflict with the
+ <code>type</code> attribute. Authors can simply omit it as it has no
+ useful function.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <code>name</code> attribute on <code>a</code>. Authors can
+ use the <code>id</code> attribute instead.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>The <code>summary</code> attribute on <code>table</code>. The
+ HTML 5 draft defines several alternative solutions.</p></li>
+ </ul>
+
+
<h3 id="absent-elements">Absent Elements</h3>
<p>The elements in this section are not to be used by authors. User
@@ -844,7 +873,7 @@
<li><code>version</code> attribute on <code>html</code>.
- <li><code>name</code> attribute on <code>img</code> and <code>a</code>
+ <li><code>name</code> attribute on <code>img</code>
(use <code>id</code> instead).
<li><code>scheme</code> attribute on <code>meta</code>.
@@ -856,10 +885,6 @@
<li><code>valuetype</code> and <code>type</code> attributes on
<code>param</code>.
- <li><code>language</code> attribute on <code>script</code>.
-
- <li><code>summary</code> attribute on <code>table</code>.
-
<li><code>axis</code> and <code>abbr</code>
attributes on <code>td</code> and <code>th</code>.
@@ -888,7 +913,7 @@
<li><code>bgcolor</code> attribute on <code>table</code>, <code>tr</code>,
<code>td</code>, <code>th</code> and <code>body</code>.
- <li><code>border</code> attribute on <code>table</code>, <code>img</code>
+ <li><code>border</code> attribute on <code>table</code>
and <code>object</code>.
<li><code>cellpadding</code> and <code>cellspacing</code> attributes on
@@ -1090,9 +1115,9 @@
<li><code>section</code> and <code>article</code> now take a
<code>cite</code> attribute.</li>
<li>A new feature called Microdata has been introduced which allows
- people to embed custom data structures in their HTML documents.</li> <!-- XXX -->
+ people to embed custom data structures in their HTML documents.</li>
<li>Using the Microdata model three predefined vocabularies have also
- been included: vCard, vEvent, and a model for licensing.</li> <!-- XXX -->
+ been included: vCard, vEvent, and a model for licensing.</li>
<li>Drag and drop has been updated to work with the Microdata
model.</li>
<li>The <a href="http://hsivonen.iki.fi/last-html-quirk/">last of the
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