hixie: Make the definition of 'plugin' actually comprehensible. (whatwg r3390)

hixie: Make the definition of 'plugin' actually comprehensible. (whatwg
r3390)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2520&r2=1.2521&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3389&to=3390

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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--- Overview.html 13 Jul 2009 05:12:55 -0000 1.2520
+++ Overview.html 13 Jul 2009 05:20:24 -0000 1.2521
@@ -1514,11 +1514,11 @@
   <span class="impl">must</span> operate on the actual underlying
   data, not a snapshot of the data.<p>The terms <dfn title="">fire</dfn> and <dfn title="">dispatch</dfn> are used
   interchangeably in the context of events, as in the DOM Events
-  specifications. <a href="#references">[DOM3EVENTS]</a><h4 id="plugins"><span class="secno">2.1.4 </span>Plugins</h4><p>The term <dfn id="plugin">plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler,
-  typically a third-party content handler, for Web content types that
-  are not supported by the user agent natively, or for content types
-  that do not expose a DOM, that supports rendering the content as
-  part of the user agent's interface.<p class="example">One example of a plugin would be a PDF viewer
+  specifications. <a href="#references">[DOM3EVENTS]</a><h4 id="plugins"><span class="secno">2.1.4 </span>Plugins</h4><p>The term <dfn id="plugin">plugin</dfn> is used to mean any content handler
+  for Web content types that are either not supported by the user
+  agent natively or that do not expose a DOM, which supports rendering
+  the content as part of the user agent's interface.<p>Typically such content handlers are provided by third
+  parties.<p class="example">One example of a plugin would be a PDF viewer
   that is instantiated in a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> when the
   user navigates to a PDF file. This would count as a plugin
   regardless of whether the party that implemented the PDF viewer

Received on Monday, 13 July 2009 05:21:25 UTC