spec/Overview.html 1.1634 2463 Comment on the current violation of RFC2

Comment on the current violation of RFC2617. We may need to fix this at
some point. (whatwg r2463)

4.11 Interactive elements
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1634.html#interactive-elements
form-name
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1634.html#bnf-formauth-form-name

http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1633&r2=1.1634&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=2462&to=2463

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--- Overview.html 26 Nov 2008 11:14:37 -0000 1.1633
+++ Overview.html 26 Nov 2008 12:01:08 -0000 1.1634
@@ -23672,7 +23672,9 @@
   challenge included in a <code title="">WWW-Authenticate</code>
   header even though the response code is not 401. This allows user
   agents to identify login forms on pages even when the user might not
-  want to log in.<h3 id=interactive-elements><span class=secno>4.11 </span>Interactive elements</h3><h4 id=the-details-element><span class=secno>4.11.1 </span>The <dfn><code>details</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class=element><dt>Categories</dt>
+  want to log in.<p class=note>The lack of a <code title=bnf-formauth-realm>realm</code> parameter in the challenge
+  is an intentional violation of RFC2617 (it isn't clear how the realm
+  concept would apply in this context).<h3 id=interactive-elements><span class=secno>4.11 </span>Interactive elements</h3><h4 id=the-details-element><span class=secno>4.11.1 </span>The <dfn><code>details</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class=element><dt>Categories</dt>
    <dd><a href=#flow-content-0>Flow content</a>.</dd>
    <dd><a href=#interactive-content-0>Interactive content</a>.</dd>
    <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>

Received on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 12:04:26 UTC