html5/spec Overview.html,1.1618,1.1619

Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv1599

Modified Files:
	Overview.html 
Log Message:
Clarify what the empty string means when passed to DataTransfer.setData(). (credit: nd) (whatwg r2447)

Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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diff -u -d -r1.1618 -r1.1619
--- Overview.html	26 Nov 2008 01:06:58 -0000	1.1618
+++ Overview.html	26 Nov 2008 01:26:07 -0000	1.1619
@@ -32418,7 +32418,10 @@
   than <code title="">none</code>, <code title="">copy</code>, <code title="">copyLink</code>, <code title="">copyMove</code>, <code title="">link</code>, <code title="">linkMove</code>, <code title="">move</code>, <code title="">all</code>, and <code title="">uninitialized</code>. On getting, the attribute must return
   the last of those values that it was set to.<p><code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code> objects can hold pieces of data, each
   associated with a unique format. Formats are generally given by MIME
-  types, with some values special-cased for legacy reasons.<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData><code>clearData()</code></dfn>
+  types, with some values special-cased for legacy reasons. For the
+  purposes of this API, however, the format strings are opaque,
+  <a href=#case-sensitive>case-sensitive</a>, strings, and the empty string is a
+  valid format string.<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData><code>clearData()</code></dfn>
   method, with no arguments, must clear the <code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code>
   object of al data (for all formats).<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata-format title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData-format><code>clearData(<var title="">format</var>)</code></dfn> method must clear the
   <code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code> object of any data associated with the

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