- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:21:34 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
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Overview.html
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Add a history section. (whatwg r2077)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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+++ Overview.html 18 Aug 2008 08:21:32 -0000 1.1250
@@ -252,35 +252,37 @@
<li><a href="#scope"><span class=secno>1.2 </span>Scope</a>
- <li><a href="#relationships"><span class=secno>1.3 </span>Relationships
+ <li><a href="#history0"><span class=secno>1.3 </span>History</a>
+
+ <li><a href="#relationships"><span class=secno>1.4 </span>Relationships
to other specifications</a>
<ul class=toc>
- <li><a href="#relationship"><span class=secno>1.3.1
+ <li><a href="#relationship"><span class=secno>1.4.1
</span>Relationship to HTML 4.01 and DOM2 HTML</a>
- <li><a href="#relationship0"><span class=secno>1.3.2
+ <li><a href="#relationship0"><span class=secno>1.4.2
</span>Relationship to XHTML 1.x</a>
- <li><a href="#relationship1"><span class=secno>1.3.3
+ <li><a href="#relationship1"><span class=secno>1.4.3
</span>Relationship to XHTML2</a>
- <li><a href="#relationship2"><span class=secno>1.3.4
+ <li><a href="#relationship2"><span class=secno>1.4.4
</span>Relationship to Web Forms 2.0 and XForms</a>
- <li><a href="#relationship3"><span class=secno>1.3.5
+ <li><a href="#relationship3"><span class=secno>1.4.5
</span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary
UI languages</a>
</ul>
- <li><a href="#html-vs"><span class=secno>1.4 </span>HTML vs XHTML</a>
+ <li><a href="#html-vs"><span class=secno>1.5 </span>HTML vs XHTML</a>
- <li><a href="#structure"><span class=secno>1.5 </span>Structure of this
+ <li><a href="#structure"><span class=secno>1.6 </span>Structure of this
specification</a>
<ul class=toc>
- <li><a href="#how-to"><span class=secno>1.5.1 </span>How to read this
+ <li><a href="#how-to"><span class=secno>1.6.1 </span>How to read this
specification</a>
- <li><a href="#typographic"><span class=secno>1.5.2 </span>Typographic
+ <li><a href="#typographic"><span class=secno>1.6.2 </span>Typographic
conventions</a>
</ul>
</ul>
@@ -1423,7 +1425,7 @@
<li><a href="#scroll-to-fragid"><span class=secno>5.9.8
</span>Navigating to a fragment identifier</a>
- <li><a href="#history0"><span class=secno>5.9.9 </span>History
+ <li><a href="#history1"><span class=secno>5.9.9 </span>History
traversal</a>
<li><a href="#closing"><span class=secno>5.9.10 </span>Closing a
@@ -2238,10 +2240,42 @@
solutions for such sophisticated applications (for example the Mac OS X
Core APIs) are even further ahead.
- <h3 id=relationships><span class=secno>1.3 </span>Relationships to other
+ <h3 id=history0><span class=secno>1.3 </span>History</h3>
+
+ <p>Work on HTML5 originally started in late 2003, as a proof of concept to
+ show that it was possible to extend HTML4's forms to provide many of the
+ features that XForms 1.0 introduced, without requiring browsers to
+ implementing rendering engines that were incompatible with existing HTML
+ Web pages. At this early stage, while the draft was already publicly
+ available, and input was already being solicited from all sources, the
+ specification was only under Opera Software's copyright.
+
+ <p>In early 2004, some of the principles that underly this effort, as well
+ as an early draft proposal covering just forms-related features, were
+ presented to the W3C jointly by Mozilla and Opera at a workshop discussing
+ the future of Web Applications on the Web. The proposal was rejected on
+ the grounds that the proposal conflicted with the previously chosen
+ direction for the Web's evolution.
+
+ <p>Shortly thereafter, Apple, Mozilla, and Opera jointly announced their
+ intent to continue working on the effort. A public mailing list was
+ created, and the drafts were moved to the WHATWG site. The copyright was
+ subsequently amended to be jointly owned by all three vendors, and to
+ allow reuse of the specifications.
+
+ <p>In 2006, the W3C expressed interest in the specification, and created a
+ working group chartered to work with the WHATWG on the development of the
+ HTML5 specifications. The working group opened in 2007. Apple, Mozilla,
+ and Opera allowed the W3C to publish the specifications under the W3C
+ copyright, while keeping versions with the less restrictive license on the
+ WHATWG site.
+
+ <p>Since then, both groups have been working together.
+
+ <h3 id=relationships><span class=secno>1.4 </span>Relationships to other
specifications</h3>
- <h4 id=relationship><span class=secno>1.3.1 </span>Relationship to HTML
+ <h4 id=relationship><span class=secno>1.4.1 </span>Relationship to HTML
4.01 and DOM2 HTML</h4>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2253,7 +2287,7 @@
backwards-compatibility is retained. <a href="#references">[HTML4]</a> <a
href="#references">[DOM2HTML]</a>
- <h4 id=relationship0><span class=secno>1.3.2 </span>Relationship to XHTML
+ <h4 id=relationship0><span class=secno>1.4.2 </span>Relationship to XHTML
1.x</h4>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2274,7 +2308,7 @@
those who do need such a mechanism are encouraged to continue using the
XHTML 1.1 line of specifications.
- <h4 id=relationship1><span class=secno>1.3.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2</h4>
+ <h4 id=relationship1><span class=secno>1.4.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2</h4>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2295,7 +2329,7 @@
<p>XHTML2 and this specification use different namespaces and therefore can
both be implemented in the same XML processor.
- <h4 id=relationship2><span class=secno>1.3.4 </span>Relationship to Web
+ <h4 id=relationship2><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to Web
Forms 2.0 and XForms</h4>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2311,7 +2345,7 @@
in the Web Forms 2.0 draft will apply to this specification. <a
href="#references">[XForms]</a>
- <h4 id=relationship3><span class=secno>1.3.5 </span>Relationship to XUL,
+ <h4 id=relationship3><span class=secno>1.4.5 </span>Relationship to XUL,
Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</h4>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2321,7 +2355,7 @@
language, HTML provides for a solution to the same problems without the
risk of vendor lock-in.
- <h3 id=html-vs><span class=secno>1.4 </span>HTML vs XHTML</h3>
+ <h3 id=html-vs><span class=secno>1.5 </span>HTML vs XHTML</h3>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2359,7 +2393,7 @@
that contain the string "<code title="">--></code>" can be represented
in "DOM5 HTML" but not in "HTML5" and "XHTML5". And so forth.
- <h3 id=structure><span class=secno>1.5 </span>Structure of this
+ <h3 id=structure><span class=secno>1.6 </span>Structure of this
specification</h3>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
@@ -2418,14 +2452,14 @@
href="#rendering">rendering rules</a> for Web browsers and listing <a
href="#no">areas that are out of scope</a> for this specification.
- <h4 id=how-to><span class=secno>1.5.1 </span>How to read this specification</h4>
+ <h4 id=how-to><span class=secno>1.6.1 </span>How to read this specification</h4>
<p>This specification should be read like all other specifications. First,
it should be read cover-to-cover, multiple times. Then, it should be read
backwards at least once. Then it should be read by picking random sections
from the contents list and following all the cross-references.
- <h4 id=typographic><span class=secno>1.5.2 </span>Typographic conventions</h4>
+ <h4 id=typographic><span class=secno>1.6.2 </span>Typographic conventions</h4>
<p>This is a definition, requirement, or explanation.
@@ -8954,7 +8988,7 @@
<li>Remove all the entries in the <a href="#browsing1">browsing
context</a>'s <a href="#session">session history</a> after the <a
href="#current1">current entry</a> in its <code>Document</code>'s
- <code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> object
+ <code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> object
<li>Remove any earlier entries that share the same <code>Document</code>
@@ -31975,7 +32009,7 @@
readonly attribute <a href="#window">Window</a> <a href="#self" title=dom-self>self</a>;
attribute DOMString <a href="#name9" title=dom-name>name</a>;
[PutForwards=href] readonly attribute <a href="#location2">Location</a> <a href="#location0" title=dom-document-location>location</a>;
- readonly attribute <a href="#history2">History</a> <a href="#history1" title=dom-history>history</a>;
+ readonly attribute <a href="#history3">History</a> <a href="#history2" title=dom-history>history</a>;
readonly attribute <a href="#undomanager">UndoManager</a> <a href="#undomanager0" title=dom-undoManager>undoManager</a>;
<a href="#selection1">Selection</a> <a href="#getselection" title=dom-getSelection>getSelection</a>();
@@ -35857,24 +35891,24 @@
href="#browsing1">browsing context</a> is its <dfn id=session>session
history</dfn>.
- <p><code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> objects provide a
+ <p><code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> objects provide a
representation of the pages in the session history of <a href="#browsing1"
title="browsing context">browsing contexts</a>. Each browsing context has
a distinct session history.
<p>Each <code>Document</code> object in a browsing context's session
history is associated with a unique instance of the <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> object, although they all must model
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> object, although they all must model
the same underlying session history.
- <p>The <dfn id=history1 title=dom-history><code>history</code></dfn>
+ <p>The <dfn id=history2 title=dom-history><code>history</code></dfn>
attribute of the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> interface must
return the object implementing the <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> interface for that <code><a
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> interface for that <code><a
href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <a href="#active">active
document</a>.
- <p><code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> objects represent their <a
+ <p><code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> objects represent their <a
href="#browsing1">browsing context</a>'s session history as a flat list of
<a href="#session0" title="session history entry">session history
entries</a>. Each <dfn id=session0>session history entry</dfn> consists of
@@ -35957,9 +35991,9 @@
object then no entries are removed.
<h4 id=the-history><span class=secno>5.8.2 </span>The <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> interface</h4>
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> interface</h4>
- <pre class=idl>interface <dfn id=history2>History</dfn> {
+ <pre class=idl>interface <dfn id=history3>History</dfn> {
readonly attribute long <a href="#length9" title=dom-history-length>length</a>;
void <a href="#godelta" title=dom-history-go>go</a>(in long delta);
void <a href="#go" title=dom-history-go-0>go</a>();
@@ -35971,7 +36005,7 @@
};</pre>
<p>The <dfn id=length9 title=dom-history-length><code>length</code></dfn>
- attribute of the <code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> interface
+ attribute of the <code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> interface
must return the number of entries in this <a href="#session">session
history</a>.
@@ -36004,7 +36038,7 @@
title=dom-window><a href="#window0">window</a></code> objects.
<p>Some of the other members of the <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> interface are defined in terms of the
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> interface are defined in terms of the
<code title=dom-history-go><a href="#godelta">go()</a></code> method, as
follows:
@@ -36199,7 +36233,7 @@
address</span>, and allow the <a href="#current1">current entry</a> of the
<a href="#browsing1">browsing context</a>'s session history to be changed,
by adding or replacing entries in the <code title=dom-history><a
- href="#history1">history</a></code> object.
+ href="#history2">history</a></code> object.
<pre class=idl>interface <dfn id=location2>Location</dfn> {
readonly attribute DOMString <a href="#href5" title=dom-location-href>href</a>;
@@ -36322,21 +36356,21 @@
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
- <p>The <code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> interface is not meant
+ <p>The <code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> interface is not meant
to place restrictions on how implementations represent the session history
to the user.
<p>For example, session history could be implemented in a tree-like manner,
with each page having multiple "forward" pages. This specification doesn't
define how the linear list of pages in the <code title=dom-history><a
- href="#history1">history</a></code> object are derived from the actual
+ href="#history2">history</a></code> object are derived from the actual
session history as seen from the user's perspective.
<p>Similarly, a page containing two <code><a
href="#iframe">iframe</a></code>s has a <code title=dom-history><a
- href="#history1">history</a></code> object distinct from the <code><a
+ href="#history2">history</a></code> object distinct from the <code><a
href="#iframe">iframe</a></code>s' <code title=dom-history><a
- href="#history1">history</a></code> objects, despite the fact that typical
+ href="#history2">history</a></code> objects, despite the fact that typical
Web browsers present the user with just one "Back" button, with a session
history that interleaves the navigation of the two inner frames and the
outer page.
@@ -36676,7 +36710,7 @@
<p>Remove all the entries after the <a href="#current1">current
entry</a> in the <a href="#browsing1">browsing context</a>'s
<code>Document</code> object's <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> object.</p>
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> object.</p>
<p class=note>This <a href="#history-notes">doesn't necessarily have
to affect</a><!--XXX change to auto-xref?--> the user agent's user
@@ -36684,7 +36718,7 @@
<li>
<p>Append a new entry at the end of the <code><a
- href="#history2">History</a></code> object representing the new
+ href="#history3">History</a></code> object representing the new
resource and its <code>Document</code> object and related state.
<li>
@@ -37008,7 +37042,7 @@
an element; otherwise there is no <i>target element</i>. <a
href="#references">[SELECTORS]</a>
- <h4 id=history0><span class=secno>5.9.9 </span>History traversal</h4>
+ <h4 id=history1><span class=secno>5.9.9 </span>History traversal</h4>
<p>When a user agent is required to <dfn id=traverse>traverse the
history</dfn> to a <i>specified entry</i>, the user agent must act as
@@ -37029,7 +37063,7 @@
<li>
<p>If appropriate, update the <a href="#current1">current entry</a> in
the <a href="#browsing1">browsing context</a>'s <code>Document</code>
- object's <code><a href="#history2">History</a></code> object to reflect
+ object's <code><a href="#history3">History</a></code> object to reflect
any state that the user agent wishes to persist.</p>
<p class=example>For example, some user agents might want to persist the
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