- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:41:04 -0400
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
hixie: Explain some of the conformance terminology better. (whatwg
r6473)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.5174&r2=1.5175&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6472&to=6473
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key word ("must", "should", "may", etc) used in introducing the
algorithm.</p>
+ <div class="example">
+
+ <p>For example, were the spec to say:</p>
+
+ <pre>To eat a kiwi, the user must:
+1. Peel the kiwi.
+2. Eat the kiwi flesh.</pre>
+
+ <p>...it would be equivalent to the following:</p>
+
+ <pre>To eat a kiwi:
+1. The user must peel the kiwi.
+2. The user must eat the kiwi flesh.</pre>
+
+ <p>Here the key word is "must".</p>
+
+ <p>The former (imperative) style is generally preferred in this
+ specification for stylistic reasons.</p>
+
+ </div>
+
<p>Conformance requirements phrased as algorithms or specific steps
may be implemented in any manner, so long as the end result is
equivalent. (In particular, the algorithms defined in this
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