- From: Michael Smith via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:17:56 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec-author-view
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv2370
Modified Files:
Overview.html introduction.html spec.html
Log Message:
Try to be more consistent about the use of the word 'error'. (whatwg r4999)
[updated by splitter]
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec-author-view/Overview.html,v
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+++ Overview.html 12 Apr 2010 22:17:52 -0000 1.858
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
</dl><p>This specification is available in the following formats:
<a href="spec.html">single page HTML</a>,
<a href="Overview.html">multipage HTML</a>.
-This is revision 1.4016.
+This is revision 1.4017.
</p>
<p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a>
© 2010 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide
Index: spec.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec-author-view/spec.html,v
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@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
</dl><p>This specification is available in the following formats:
<a href=spec.html>single page HTML</a>,
<a href=Overview.html>multipage HTML</a>.
-This is revision 1.4016.
+This is revision 1.4017.
</p>
<p class=copyright><a href=http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright>Copyright</a>
© 2010 <a href=http://www.w3.org/><abbr title="World Wide
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that help authors avoid fragile syntax constructs</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving fragile syntax constructs</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that flag known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that protect authors from security attacks</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that risk exposing authors to security attacks</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1503,8 +1503,9 @@
<dd>
- <p>Some errors merely flag cases where the author's intent is most
- unclear. Correcting these errors early makes later maintenance easier.</p>
+ <p>Markup where the author's intent is very unclear is often made
+ non-conforming. Correcting these errors early makes later
+ maintenance easier.</p>
<div class=example>
@@ -1540,11 +1541,11 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that allow for new syntax in future</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that could interfere with new syntax in the future</dt>
<dd>
- <p>In order to allow us to extend the language syntax in the
+ <p>In order to allow the language syntax to be extended in the
future, certain otherwise harmless features are disallowed.</p>
<div class=example>
@@ -1567,7 +1568,7 @@
provide modes of operation wherein such conventions are
enforced.</p><h4 id=restrictions-on-content-models-and-on-attribute-values><span class=secno>1.9.3 </span>Restrictions on content models and on attribute values</h4><p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p><p>Beyond the syntax of the language, this specification also places
restrictions on how elements and attributes can be specified. These
- restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p><dl><dt>Errors that flag content with dubious semantics</dt>
+ restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p><dl><dt>Errors involving content with dubious semantics</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1583,7 +1584,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that indicate a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1612,7 +1613,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that catch cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
+ <dt>Cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1641,7 +1642,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that encourage a correct understanding of the spec</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that indicate a likely misunderstanding of the specification</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1658,7 +1659,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended merely to simplify the language</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving limits that have been imposed merely to simplify the language</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1676,7 +1677,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that avoid peculiarities of the parser</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve peculiarities of the parser</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1720,12 +1721,14 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended to save the author time</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that waste authoring time</dt>
<dd>
<p>Some constructs are disallowed because historically they have
- been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time.</p>
+ been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time, and by
+ encouraging authors to avoid making them, authors can save time in
+ future efforts.</p>
<p class=example>For example, a <code><a href=#script>script</a></code> element's
<code title=attr-script-src><a href=#attr-script-src>src</a></code> attribute causes the
@@ -1743,7 +1746,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended to help authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve areas that affect authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1770,7 +1773,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that reserve space for future expansion</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve areas reserved for future expansion</dt>
<dd>
Index: introduction.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec-author-view/introduction.html,v
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+++ introduction.html 12 Apr 2010 22:17:52 -0000 1.585
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that help authors avoid fragile syntax constructs</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving fragile syntax constructs</dt>
<dd>
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that flag known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
<dd>
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that protect authors from security attacks</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that risk exposing authors to security attacks</dt>
<dd>
@@ -860,8 +860,9 @@
<dd>
- <p>Some errors merely flag cases where the author's intent is most
- unclear. Correcting these errors early makes later maintenance easier.</p>
+ <p>Markup where the author's intent is very unclear is often made
+ non-conforming. Correcting these errors early makes later
+ maintenance easier.</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -897,11 +898,11 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that allow for new syntax in future</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that could interfere with new syntax in the future</dt>
<dd>
- <p>In order to allow us to extend the language syntax in the
+ <p>In order to allow the language syntax to be extended in the
future, certain otherwise harmless features are disallowed.</p>
<div class="example">
@@ -924,7 +925,7 @@
provide modes of operation wherein such conventions are
enforced.</p><h4 id="restrictions-on-content-models-and-on-attribute-values"><span class="secno">1.9.3 </span>Restrictions on content models and on attribute values</h4><p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p><p>Beyond the syntax of the language, this specification also places
restrictions on how elements and attributes can be specified. These
- restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p><dl><dt>Errors that flag content with dubious semantics</dt>
+ restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p><dl><dt>Errors involving content with dubious semantics</dt>
<dd>
@@ -940,7 +941,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that indicate a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
<dd>
@@ -969,7 +970,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that catch cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
+ <dt>Cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
<dd>
@@ -998,7 +999,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that encourage a correct understanding of the spec</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that indicate a likely misunderstanding of the specification</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1015,7 +1016,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended merely to simplify the language</dt>
+ <dt>Errors involving limits that have been imposed merely to simplify the language</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1033,7 +1034,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that avoid peculiarities of the parser</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve peculiarities of the parser</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1077,12 +1078,14 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended to save the author time</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that waste authoring time</dt>
<dd>
<p>Some constructs are disallowed because historically they have
- been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time.</p>
+ been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time, and by
+ encouraging authors to avoid making them, authors can save time in
+ future efforts.</p>
<p class="example">For example, a <code><a href="scripting-1.html#script">script</a></code> element's
<code title="attr-script-src"><a href="scripting-1.html#attr-script-src">src</a></code> attribute causes the
@@ -1100,7 +1103,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that are intended to help authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve areas that affect authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
<dd>
@@ -1127,7 +1130,7 @@
</dd>
- <dt>Errors that reserve space for future expansion</dt>
+ <dt>Errors that involve areas reserved for future expansion</dt>
<dd>
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