- From: Shane McCarron <shane@aptest.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:47:32 -0600
- To: Vicente Luque Centeno <vlc@it.uc3m.es>
- CC: www-html-editor@w3.org, Steven Pemberton <steven.pemberton@cwi.nl>
Well - I can't speak for that document, but XHTML Modules cannot be subsetted - so you have to take everything in it or nothing. Since they chose to use XHTML Basic Forms, they can only use the elements therein. They could not have chosen a subset of the items in XHTML Forms. Vicente Luque Centeno wrote: > > Thanks. > > However, why don't the fieldset and legend elements make sense in > XHTML Print? > > Best regards. > > Vicente Luque Centeno > Dep. Ingeniería Telemática > Universidad Carlos III de Madrid > http://www.it.uc3m.es/vlc > > On Wed, 7 Mar 2007, Shane McCarron wrote: > >> Basic forms was designed to provide a simple subset of forms - >> something readily supportable on devices with limited processing and >> display capabilities. Those elements - in particular optgroup - did >> not call into that collection. Vicente Luque Centeno wrote: >>> >>> In XHTML Print 1.0, elements like fieldset, legend and optgroup are >>> not allowed. Steven kindly told me that XHTML Print 1.0 uses the Basic >>> Forms module from XHTML Modularization (which does not recognize such >>> elements). Can someone explain why these elements were rejected from >>> the Basic Forms module from XHTML Modularization? Wouldn't it be >>> wiser to have fieldset, legend and optgroup allowed in the Basic >>> Forms module? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Vicente Luque Centeno >>> Dep. Ingeniería Telemática >>> Universidad Carlos III de Madrid >>> http://www.it.uc3m.es/vlc >> >> -- >> Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 x120 >> Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 >> ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.com >> >> -- Shane P. McCarron Phone: +1 763 786-8160 x120 Managing Director Fax: +1 763 786-8180 ApTest Minnesota Inet: shane@aptest.com
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