- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:15:14 -0400
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
microdata; hixie: Fix the handling of infinite loops in the various
microdata algorithms. (whatwg r6277)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/md/Overview.html?r1=1.137&r2=1.138&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6276&to=6277
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--- Overview.html 14 Jun 2011 21:56:16 -0000 1.137
+++ Overview.html 7 Jul 2011 21:14:28 -0000 1.138
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
<h1>HTML Microdata</h1>
<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="generatedID"></h2>
- <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-14-june-2011">Editor's Draft 14 June 2011</h2>
+ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-7-july-2011">Editor's Draft 7 July 2011</h2>
<dl><dt>Latest Published Version:</dt>
<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/">http://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/</a></dd>
<dt>Latest Editor's Draft:</dt>
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
</dl><p class="copyright"><a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright">Copyright</a>
© 2011 <a href="http://www.w3.org/"><abbr title="World Wide
Web Consortium">W3C</abbr></a><sup>®</sup> (<a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><abbr title="Massachusetts
- Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.ercim.org/"><abbr title="European Research
+ Institute of Technology">MIT</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.ercim.eu/"><abbr title="European Research
Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics">ERCIM</abbr></a>, <a href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks">trademark</a>
@@ -359,10 +359,12 @@
model. It is compatible with numerous other data formats including
RDF and JSON.<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="status-of-this-document">Status of This document</h2><p><em>This section describes the status of this document at the
time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this
- document. A list of current W3C publications and the most recently
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@@ -442,8 +444,6 @@
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@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
Group</a> is the W3C working group responsible for this
specification's progress along the W3C Recommendation
track.
- This specification is the 14 June 2011 Editor's Draft.
+ This specification is the 7 July 2011 Editor's Draft.
</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><p>Work on this specification is also done at the <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/">WHATWG</a>. The W3C HTML working group
actively pursues convergence with the WHATWG, as required by the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter">W3C HTML working
group charter</a>.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><p>This specification is an extension to the HTML5 language. All
@@ -1075,7 +1075,13 @@
unique space-separated tokens</a> that are
<span>case-sensitive</span>, consisting of <a href="#concept-id" title="concept-ID">IDs</a> of elements in the same <a href="#home-subtree">home
subtree</a>.<p>The <code title="attr-itemref"><a href="#attr-itemref">itemref</a></code> attribute must not
- be specified on elements that do not have an <code title="attr-itemscope"><a href="#attr-itemscope">itemscope</a></code> attribute specified.<h3 id="names:-the-itemprop-attribute"><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Names: the <dfn title="attr-itemprop"><code>itemprop</code></dfn> attribute</h3><p>Every <a href="#html-elements" title="HTML elements">HTML element</a> may have an
+ be specified on elements that do not have an <code title="attr-itemscope"><a href="#attr-itemscope">itemscope</a></code> attribute specified.<p class="note">The <code title="attr-itemref"><a href="#attr-itemref">itemref</a></code>
+ attribute is not part of the microdata data model. It is merely a
+ syntactic construct to aid authors in adding annotations to pages
+ where the data to be annotated does not follow a convenient tree
+ structure. For example, it allows authors to mark up data in a table
+ so that each column defines a separate <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a>, while keeping the properties in
+ the cells.<h3 id="names:-the-itemprop-attribute"><span class="secno">2.3 </span>Names: the <dfn title="attr-itemprop"><code>itemprop</code></dfn> attribute</h3><p>Every <a href="#html-elements" title="HTML elements">HTML element</a> may have an
<code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute specified, if
doing so <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item" title="the properties of an item">adds a
property</a> to one or more <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">items</a> (as defined below).<p>The <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute, if
@@ -1218,46 +1224,13 @@
represents a <a href="#concept-date" title="concept-date">date</a>, <a href="#concept-time" title="concept-time">time</a>, or <a href="#concept-datetime" title="concept-datetime">global date and time</a>, the property
must be specified using the <code title="attr-time-datetime">datetime</code> attribute of a
<code>time</code> element.<h3 id="associating-names-with-items"><span class="secno">2.5 </span>Associating names with items</h3><p>To find <dfn id="the-properties-of-an-item">the properties of an item</dfn> defined by the
- element <var title="">root</var>, the user agent must try to
- <a href="#crawl-the-properties">crawl the properties</a> of the element <var title="">root</var>, with an empty list as the value of <var title="">memory</var>: if this fails, then <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item" title="the
- properties of an item">the properties of the item</a> defined by
- the element <var title="">root</var> is an empty list; otherwise, it
- is the returned list.<p>To <dfn id="crawl-the-properties">crawl the properties</dfn> of an element <var title="">root</var> with a list <var title="">memory</var>, the user
- agent must run the following steps. These steps either fail or
- return a list with a count of errors. The count of errors is used as
- part of the authoring conformance criteria below.<ol><li><p>If <var title="">root</var> is in <var title="">memory</var>, then the algorithm fails; abort these
- steps.</li>
-
- <li><p><a href="#collect-all-the-elements-in-the-item">Collect all the elements in the item</a> <var title="">root</var>; let <var title="">results</var> be the
- resulting list of elements, and <var title="">errors</var> be the
- resulting count of errors.</li>
-
- <li><p>Remove any elements from <var title="">results</var> that do
- not have an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute
- specified.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">new memory</var> be a new list consisting
- of the old list <var title="">memory</var> with the addition of
- <var title="">root</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>For each element in <var title="">results</var> that has an
- <code title="attr-itemscope"><a href="#attr-itemscope">itemscope</a></code> attribute specified,
- <a href="#crawl-the-properties">crawl the properties</a> of the element, with <var title="">new memory</var> as the memory. If this fails, then remove
- the element from <var title="">results</var> and increment <var title="">errors</var>. (If it succeeds, the return value is
- discarded.)</li>
-
- <li><p>Sort <var title="">results</var> in <a href="#tree-order">tree
- order</a>.</li>
-
- <li><p>Return <var title="">results</var> and <var title="">errors</var>.</li>
-
- </ol><p>To <dfn id="collect-all-the-elements-in-the-item">collect all the elements in the item</dfn> <var title="">root</var>, the user agent must run these steps. They
- return a list of elements and a count of errors.<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">results</var> and <var title="">pending</var> be empty lists of elements.</li>
+ element <var title="">root</var>, the user agent must run the
+ following steps. These steps are also used to flag <a href="#microdata-error" title="microdata error">microdata errors</a>.<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">results</var>, <var title="">memory</var>, and <var title="">pending</var> be empty lists of elements.</li>
- <li><p>Let <var title="">errors</var> be zero.</li>
+ <li><p>Add the element <var title="">root</var> to <var title="">memory</var>.</li>
- <li><p>Add all the children elements of <var title="">root</var> to
- <var title="">pending</var>.</li>
+ <li><p>Add the child elements of <var title="">root</var>, if any,
+ to <var title="">pending</var>.</li>
<li><p>If <var title="">root</var> has an <code title="attr-itemref"><a href="#attr-itemref">itemref</a></code> attribute, <a href="#split-a-string-on-spaces" title="split a
string on spaces">split the value of that <code title="attr-itemref">itemref</code> attribute on spaces</a>. For
@@ -1266,40 +1239,48 @@
the <a href="#concept-id" title="concept-ID">ID</a> <var title="">ID</var>, then
add the first such element to <var title="">pending</var>.</li>
- <li><p><i>Loop</i>: Remove an element from <var title="">pending</var> and let <var title="">current</var> be that
- element.</li>
+ <li><p><i>Loop</i>: If <var title="">pending</var> is empty, jump
+ to the step labeled <i>end of loop</i>.</li>
- <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> is already in <var title="">results</var>, increment <var title="">errors</var>.</li>
+ <li><p>Remove an element from <var title="">pending</var> and let
+ <var title="">current</var> be that element.</li>
- <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> is not already in <var title="">results</var> and <var title="">current</var> does not
+ <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> is already in <var title="">memory</var>, there is a <a href="#microdata-error">microdata error</a>;
+ return to the step labeled <i>loop</i>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Add <var title="">current</var> to <var title="">memory</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> does not
have an <code title="attr-itemscope"><a href="#attr-itemscope">itemscope</a></code> attribute,
then: add all the child elements of <var title="">current</var> to
<var title="">pending</var>.</li>
- <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> is not already in <var title="">results</var>, then: add <var title="">current</var> to
- <var title="">results</var>.</li>
+ <li><p>If <var title="">current</var> has an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute specified, add it
+ to <var title="">results</var>.</li>
- <li><p><i>End of loop</i>: If <var title="">pending</var> is not
- empty, return to the step labeled <i>loop</i>.</li>
+ <li><p>Return to the step labeled <i>loop</i>.</li>
- <li><p>Return <var title="">results</var> and <var title="">errors</var>.</li>
+ <li><p><i>End of loop</i>: Sort <var title="">results</var> in
+ <a href="#tree-order">tree order</a>.</li>
- </ol><p>An <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> is a <dfn id="top-level-microdata-items" title="top-level microdata items">top-level microdata item</dfn> if
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">results</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><p>A document must not contain any <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">items</a> for which the algorithm to find
+ <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item">the properties of an item</a> finds any <dfn id="microdata-error" title="microdata error">microdata errors</dfn>.<p>An <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> is a <dfn id="top-level-microdata-items" title="top-level microdata items">top-level microdata item</dfn> if
its element does not have an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute.<p>An <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> is a <dfn id="used-microdata-items" title="used
microdata items">used microdata item</dfn> if it is a <a href="#top-level-microdata-items" title="top-level microdata items">top-level microdata item</a>,
or if it has an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code>
attribute and would be <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item" title="the properties of an item">found
to be the property</a> of an <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> that is itself a <a href="#used-microdata-items" title="used
microdata items">used microdata item</a>.<p>All <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">items</a> in a document must be
- <a href="#used-microdata-items">used microdata items</a>.<p>A document must not contain any elements that have an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute that would not be
+ <a href="#used-microdata-items">used microdata items</a>.<p>All <code title="attr-itemref"><a href="#attr-itemref">itemref</a></code> attributes in a
+ <code>Document</code> must be such that there are no cycles in the
+ graph formed from representing each <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> in the <code>Document</code> as a
+ node in the graph and each <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item" title="the properties of an
+ item">property</a> of an item whose <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">value</a> is another item as an
+ edge in the graph connecting those two items.<p>A document must not contain any elements that have an <code title="attr-itemprop"><a href="#names:-the-itemprop-attribute">itemprop</a></code> attribute that would not be
found to be a property of any of the <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">items</a> in that document were their <a href="#the-properties-of-an-item" title="the properties of an item">properties</a> all to be
- determined.<p>A document must not contain any <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">items</a> for which <a href="#crawl-the-properties" title="crawl the
- properties">crawling the properties</a> of the element, with an
- empty list as the value of <var title="">memory</var>, either fails
- or returns an error count other than zero.<p class="note">The algorithms in this section are especially
- inefficient, in the interests of keeping them easy to
- understand. Implementors are strongly encouraged to refactor and
- optimize them in their user agents.<div class="example">
+ determined.<div class="example">
<p>In this example, a single license statement is applied to two
works, using <code title="attr-itemref"><a href="#attr-itemref">itemref</a></code> from the
@@ -1552,10 +1533,12 @@
to JSON.</li>
</ol><p>When the user agent is to <dfn id="get-the-object">get the object</dfn> for an item
- <var title="">item</var>, it must run the following substeps:</p>
+ <var title="">item</var>, optionally with a list of elements <var title="">memory</var>, it must run the following substeps:</p>
<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">result</var> be an empty object.</li>
+ <li><p>Add <var title="">item</var> to <var title="">memory</var>.</li>
+
<li><p>If the <var title="">item</var> has an <a href="#item-type">item
type</a>, add an entry to <var title="">result</var> called
"<code title="">type</code>" whose value is the <a href="#item-type">item
@@ -1579,10 +1562,10 @@
<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">value</var> be the <a href="#concept-property-value" title="concept-property-value">property value</a> of <var title="">element</var>.</li>
- <li><p>If <var title="">value</var> is an <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a>, then <a href="#get-the-object">get the
- object</a> for <var title="">value</var>, and then replace
- <var title="">value</var> with the object returned from those
- steps.</li>
+ <li><p>If <var title="">value</var> is an <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a>, then: If <var title="">value</var> is in <var title="">memory</var>, then let
+ <var title="">value</var> be the string "<code title="">ERROR</code>". Otherwise, <a href="#get-the-object">get the object</a>
+ for <var title="">value</var>, passing a copy of <var title="">memory</var>, and then replace <var title="">value</var>
+ with the object returned from those steps.</li>
<li>
@@ -1745,15 +1728,18 @@
<var title="">fallback name</var>, it must run the following
steps:</p>
- <ol><li><p>If there is an entry for <var title="">item</var> in <var title="">memory</var>, then let <var title="">subject</var> be the
- subject of that entry. Otherwise, if <var title="">item</var> has a
- <a href="#global-identifier">global identifier</a> and that <a href="#global-identifier">global
- identifier</a> is an <a href="#absolute-url">absolute URL</a>, let <var title="">subject</var> be that <a href="#global-identifier">global
- identifier</a>. Otherwise, let <var title="">subject</var> be a
- new blank node.</li>
+ <ol><li><p>If there is an entry for the item <var title="">item</var>
+ in <var title="">memory</var>, then return the subject of that
+ entry and abort these steps.</li>
- <li><p>Add a mapping from <var title="">item</var> to <var title="">subject</var> in <var title="">memory</var>, if there
- isn't one already.</li>
+ <li><p>If <var title="">item</var> has a <a href="#global-identifier">global
+ identifier</a> and that <a href="#global-identifier">global identifier</a> is an
+ <a href="#absolute-url">absolute URL</a>, let <var title="">subject</var> be that
+ <a href="#global-identifier">global identifier</a>. Otherwise, let <var title="">subject</var> be a new blank node.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Add a mapping from the item <var title="">item</var> to the
+ subject <var title="">subject</var> in <var title="">memory</var>,
+ if there isn't one already.</li>
<li><p>If <var title="">item</var> has an <a href="#item-type">item type</a>
and that <a href="#item-type">item type</a> is an <a href="#absolute-url">absolute URL</a>,
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