On Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:50:02 +0200, Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no> wrote: > Does this mean we have to include detailed, exact definitions and > descriptions of every HTML feature that has a certain likelyhood of > being used out there? I'm not sure what else it could mean. > In addition to all the new stuff, I guess this includes elements/ > attributes/semantics/prescribed behaviours: > > * within HTML 4.01, > > * that have been deprecated (in HTML 4.01 and previous versions), > > * that became de facto standards without being described formally > > * that were implemented in some browser(s) but never became part of any > HTML standard. > > How do we determine which elements/attributes/semantics/behaviours that > can be safely left out from the standard? By doing research? > How shall we deal with with inconsistent behaviour between current > browsers? Shall we choose one of them for the new standard or describe > several options? You mostly go by what Internet Explorer does unless it crashes or violates core assumptions of other specifications such as the DOM tree model. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>Received on Monday, 9 April 2007 20:01:00 GMT
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