- 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
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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@@ -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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