- From: Michael Smith via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:42:49 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/markup
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv9649
Modified Files:
Overview.html spec.html syntax.html
Log Message:
streamlined the description of what a start tag is
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/markup/Overview.html,v
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diff -u -d -r1.334 -r1.335
--- Overview.html 30 Jul 2009 14:48:32 -0000 1.334
+++ Overview.html 30 Jul 2009 16:42:46 -0000 1.335
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<body>
<div class="head">
<h1>HTML 5: The Markup Language</h1>
-<h2>Editor’s Draft <em>30 July 2009</em>
+<h2>Editor’s Draft <em>31 July 2009</em>
</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Latest Editor’s Draft:</dt>
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
<p>
- This document is the 30 July 2009 Editor’s Draft of
+ This document is the 31 July 2009 Editor’s Draft of
<cite>HTML 5: The Markup Language</cite>.
</p>
<p>
Index: syntax.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/markup/syntax.html,v
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+++ syntax.html 30 Jul 2009 16:42:47 -0000 1.18
@@ -237,36 +237,25 @@
case-insensitive.</li>
<li>
<dfn id="syntax-start-tags">Start tags</dfn>
- must have the following format:
+ consist of the following parts, in exactly the following
+ order:
<ol>
- <li>The first character of a start tag must be a
+ <li>A
"<code title="U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN"><</code>"
character.</li>
- <li>The next
- few characters of a start tag must be the element’s
+ <li>A
<a href="syntax.html#tag-name" title="syntax-tag-name">tag name</a>.</li>
- <li>If there are to be any attributes in the next step,
- there must first be one or more
- <a href="terminology.html#space" title="space character">space characters</a>.</li>
- <li>Then, the start tag may have
- a number of
+ <li>Optionally, one or more
<a href="syntax.html#attribute">attributes</a>,
- which may be separated from each other by one or more
+ each of which must be preceded by one or more
<a href="terminology.html#space">space characters</a>.</li>
- <li>After any
- <a href="syntax.html#attribute">attributes</a>,
- the start tag may have one or more
- <a href="terminology.html#space">space characters</a>.
- (Note that some
- <a href="syntax.html#attribute">attributes</a>
- are <em>required</em> to be followed by a space.</li>
- <li>A start tag must be closed by a
- "<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>"
- character.
- <a href="syntax.html#void-element">Void elements</a>
- may have a single
+ <li>Zero or more
+ <a href="terminology.html#space">space characters</a>.</li>
+ <li>Optionally, a
"<code title="U+002F SOLIDUS">/</code>"
- character before the closing
+ character, which may be present only if the element is a
+ <a href="syntax.html#void-element">void element</a>.</li>
+ <li>A
"<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>"
character.</li>
</ol>
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/markup/spec.html,v
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<body>
<div class="head">
<h1>HTML 5: The Markup Language</h1>
-<h2>Editor’s Draft <em>30 July 2009</em>
+<h2>Editor’s Draft <em>31 July 2009</em>
</h2>
<dl>
<dt>Latest Editor’s Draft:</dt>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
<p>
- This document is the 30 July 2009 Editor’s Draft of
+ This document is the 31 July 2009 Editor’s Draft of
<cite>HTML 5: The Markup Language</cite>.
</p>
<p>
@@ -1179,36 +1179,25 @@
case-insensitive.</li>
<li>
<dfn id="syntax-start-tags">Start tags</dfn>
- must have the following format:
+ consist of the following parts, in exactly the following
+ order:
<ol>
-<li>The first character of a start tag must be a
+<li>A
"<code title="U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN"><</code>"
character.</li>
- <li>The next
- few characters of a start tag must be the element’s
+ <li>A
<a href="#tag-name" title="syntax-tag-name">tag name</a>.</li>
- <li>If there are to be any attributes in the next step,
- there must first be one or more
- <a href="#space" title="space character">space characters</a>.</li>
- <li>Then, the start tag may have
- a number of
+ <li>Optionally, one or more
<a href="#attribute">attributes</a>,
- which may be separated from each other by one or more
+ each of which must be preceded by one or more
<a href="#space">space characters</a>.</li>
- <li>After any
- <a href="#attribute">attributes</a>,
- the start tag may have one or more
- <a href="#space">space characters</a>.
- (Note that some
- <a href="#attribute">attributes</a>
- are <em>required</em> to be followed by a space.</li>
- <li>A start tag must be closed by a
- "<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>"
- character.
- <a href="#void-element">Void elements</a>
- may have a single
+ <li>Zero or more
+ <a href="#space">space characters</a>.</li>
+ <li>Optionally, a
"<code title="U+002F SOLIDUS">/</code>"
- character before the closing
+ character, which may be present only if the element is a
+ <a href="#void-element">void element</a>.</li>
+ <li>A
"<code title="U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN">></code>"
character.</li>
</ol>
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