hixie: Make <title> optional in HTML e-mails and other such situations. (whatwg r4730)

hixie: Make <title> optional in HTML e-mails and other such situations.
(whatwg r4730)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3777&r2=1.3778&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4729&to=4730

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3777
retrieving revision 1.3778
diff -u -d -r1.3777 -r1.3778
--- Overview.html 14 Feb 2010 10:25:45 -0000 1.3777
+++ Overview.html 14 Feb 2010 10:43:03 -0000 1.3778
@@ -9157,7 +9157,7 @@
    <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
    <dd>As the first element in an <code><a href="#the-html-element-0">html</a></code> element.</dd>
    <dt>Content model:</dt>
-   <dd>If the document is <a href="#an-iframe-srcdoc-document">an <code>iframe</code> <code title="attr-iframe-srcdoc">srcdoc</code> document</a>: Zero or more elements of <a href="#metadata-content">metadata content</a>.</dd>
+   <dd>If the document is <a href="#an-iframe-srcdoc-document">an <code>iframe</code> <code title="attr-iframe-srcdoc">srcdoc</code> document</a> or if title information is available from a higher-level protocol: Zero or more elements of <a href="#metadata-content">metadata content</a>.</dd>
    <dd>Otherwise: One or more elements of <a href="#metadata-content">metadata content</a>, of which exactly one is a <code><a href="#the-title-element-0">title</a></code> element.</dd>
    <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
    <dd><a href="#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
@@ -9195,7 +9195,11 @@
  &lt;BODY&gt;
  ...</pre>
 
-  </div><h4 id="the-title-element-0"><span class="secno">4.2.2 </span>The <dfn><code>title</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
+  </div><p class="note">The <code><a href="#the-title-element-0">title</a></code> element is a required child
+  in most situations, but when a higher-level protocol provides title
+  information, e.g. in the Subject line of an e-mail when HTML is used
+  as an e-mail authoring format, the <code><a href="#the-title-element-0">title</a></code> element can be
+  omitted.<h4 id="the-title-element-0"><span class="secno">4.2.2 </span>The <dfn><code>title</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
    <dd><a href="#metadata-content">Metadata content</a>.</dd>
    <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
    <dd>In a <code><a href="#the-head-element-0">head</a></code> element containing no other <code><a href="#the-title-element-0">title</a></code> elements.</dd>

Received on Sunday, 14 February 2010 10:43:43 UTC