hixie: Make even form controls that don't get submitted be checked for validity when the form is submitted. Also, make controls that aren't in a form at all be validatable (e.g. using :valid/:invalid) (whatwg r4976)

hixie: Make even form controls that don't get submitted be checked for
validity when the form is submitted. Also, make controls that aren't in
a form at all be validatable (e.g. using :valid/:invalid) (whatwg r4976)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3998&r2=1.3999&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4975&to=4976

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@@ -33198,21 +33198,11 @@
   on getting, must return the element's <a href="#form-owner">form owner</a>, or
   null if there isn't one.</p>
 
-  <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If an element has no
-  <a href="#form-owner">form owner</a>, it is <a href="#barred-from-constraint-validation">barred from constraint
-  validation</a>.</p>
-
   </div><h4 id="attributes-common-to-form-controls"><span class="secno">4.10.19 </span><dfn>Attributes common to form controls</dfn></h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><h5 id="naming-form-controls"><span class="secno">4.10.19.1 </span>Naming form controls</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><p>The <dfn id="attr-fe-name" title="attr-fe-name"><code>name</code></dfn> content
   attribute gives the name of the form control, as used in <a href="#form-submission">form
   submission</a> and in the <code><a href="#the-form-element">form</a></code> element's <code title="dom-form-elements"><a href="#dom-form-elements">elements</a></code> object. If the attribute
   is specified, its value must not be the empty string.<div class="impl">
 
-  <p><strong>Constraint validation</strong>: If an element does not
-  have a <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute specified,
-  or its <code title="attr-fe-name"><a href="#attr-fe-name">name</a></code> attribute's value is
-  the empty string, then it is <a href="#barred-from-constraint-validation">barred from constraint
-  validation</a>.</p>
-
   <!-- XXX should mention dom-fe-name in the various sections
   defining elements that have it -->

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