[Bug 22245] New: Requirements unclear for "other" metadata names

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22245

            Bug ID: 22245
           Summary: Requirements unclear for "other" metadata names
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: robin@w3.org
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

In
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/document-metadata.html#the-meta-element,
we have:

"Conformance checkers may use the information given on the WHATWG Wiki
MetaExtensions page to establish if a value is allowed or not" which makes it
sound optional, but followed by "values (...) not listed in either this
specification or on the aforementioned page must be reported as invalid" which
is a strict requirement.

Double-proposal:

- Metadata names not listed in the standard or wiki shouldn't be hard errors;
they seem like warning material.
- Either way, it should be clearly may or must, but not both.

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Received on Monday, 3 June 2013 14:03:56 UTC