- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:03:20 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "T.J. Crowder" <tj@crowdersoftware.com>
- Cc: public-html-comments <public-html-comments@w3.org>
On Sun, 11 Apr 2010, T.J. Crowder wrote: > > Does the HTML5 specification loosen the rules for the valid values in > the name attribute on form elements? Yes. > The attribute index[2] says the value must be "Text*" with the * > indicating that "...the actual rules are more complicated than indicated > in the table...". In that table, "name" itself is not a link but on the > row "input" is a link to the forms page's name definition[3] which > describes what the name attribute means (and says it can't be blank if > given), but doesn't provide any other rules. Is that really the only > rule? Yes. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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