- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:19:58 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv11167 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: WF2: Merge the XHTML2 and XForms sections in the intro, and remove the WF2 bit, since we're merging it in now. (whatwg r2182) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.1354 retrieving revision 1.1355 diff -u -d -r1.1354 -r1.1355 --- Overview.html 15 Sep 2008 09:59:58 -0000 1.1354 +++ Overview.html 15 Sep 2008 10:19:56 -0000 1.1355 @@ -264,12 +264,9 @@ </span>Relationship to XHTML 1.x</a> <li><a href="#relationship1"><span class=secno>1.4.3 - </span>Relationship to XHTML2</a> + </span>Relationship to XHTML2 and XForms</a> <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>1.4.5 </span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</a> </ul> @@ -2347,44 +2344,32 @@ 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>1.4.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2</h4> + <h4 id=relationship1><span class=secno>1.4.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2 + and XForms</h4> <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em> - <p>XHTML2 <a href="#references">[XHTML2]</a> defines a new HTML vocabulary - with better features for hyperlinks, multimedia content, annotating - document edits, rich metadata, declarative interactive forms, and - describing the semantics of human literary works such as poems and - scientific papers. + <p>XHTML2 defines a new vocabulary with features for hyperlinks, multimedia + content, annotating document edits, rich metadata, declarative interactive + forms, and describing the semantics of human literary works such as poems + and scientific papers. <a href="#references">[XHTML2]</a> - <p>However, it lacks elements to express the semantics of many of the - non-document types of content often seen on the Web. For instance, forum - sites, auction sites, search engines, online shops, and the like, do not - fit the document metaphor well, and are not covered by XHTML2. + <p>XForms similarly defines a new vocabulary with features for complex data + entry, such as tax forms or insurance forms. + + <p>However, XHTML2 and XForms lack features to express the semantics of + many of the non-document types of content often seen on the Web. For + instance, they are not well-suited for marking up forum sites, auction + sites, search engines, online shops, mapping applications, e-mail + applications, word processors, real-time strategy games, and the like. <p><em>This</em> specification aims to extend HTML so that it is also suitable in these contexts. - <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>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to Web - Forms 2.0 and XForms</h4> - - <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em> - - <p>This specification will eventually supplant Web Forms 2.0. The current - Web Forms 2.0 draft can be considered part of this specification for the - time being; its features will eventually be merged into this - specification. <a href="#references">[WF2]</a> - - <p>As it stands today, this specification is unrelated and orthognoal to - XForms. When the forms features defined in HTML4 and Web Forms 2.0 are - merged into this specification, then the relationship to XForms described - in the Web Forms 2.0 draft will apply to this specification. <a - href="#references">[XForms]</a> + <p>XHTML2, XForms, and this specification all use different namespaces and + therefore can all be implemented in the same XML processor. - <h4 id=relationship3><span class=secno>1.4.5 </span>Relationship to XUL, + <h4 id=relationship2><span class=secno>1.4.4 </span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</h4> <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
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