- From: Neil St.Laurent <neil@bigpic.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:41:05 -0600
- To: Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie>
- CC: msa@hemuli.tte.vtt.fi, www-html@w3.org
> But HTML 4 allows the data-collection elements to appear OUTSIDE > the scope of FORM. What does this mean? There are a couple reasons for this: 1. There are many places where the form elements such as INPUT, OPTION, etc... would be used not in the context of a form. With the introduction of script extensions the elemetns action members can be used for various purposes that do not need the presence of a form per se. 2. SGML has a severe restriction about content models. You can only allow elements in one level. Example: <FORM><P><INPUT> You can't say that <INPUT> can appear inside <P> if <P> is inside a <FORM>. The model allows only for <INPUT> to check one element up. This is a hinderance in SGML, and unfurtunately will be extended to XML... __ | Mortar: Advanced Web Development <http://bigpic.com/mortar/> | Neil St.Laurent neil@bigpic.com | Big Picture Multimedia
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