- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:07:15 -0400
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
hixie: Minor tweaks to element definitions (whatwg r7121)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.5673&r2=1.5674&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7120&to=7121
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<p class="note">Contact information for the author or editor of a
section belongs in an <code><a href="#the-address-element">address</a></code> element, possibly itself
- inside a <code><a href="#the-footer-element">footer</a></code>.</p>
+ inside a <code><a href="#the-footer-element">footer</a></code>. Bylines and other information that
+ could be suitable for both a <code><a href="#the-header-element">header</a></code> or a
+ <code><a href="#the-footer-element">footer</a></code> can be placed in either (or neither). The
+ primary purpose of these elements is merely to help the author write
+ self-explanatory markup that is easy to maintain and style; they are
+ not intended to impose specific structures on authors.</p>
<p>Footers don't necessarily have to appear at the <em>end</em> of a
section, though they usually do.</p>
@@ -20808,9 +20813,9 @@
<dd>Uses <code><a href="#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
</dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-var-element">var</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a variable.
This could be an actual variable in a mathematical expression or
- programming context, an identifier representing a constant, a
- function parameter, or just be a term used as a placeholder in
- prose.</p>
+ programming context, an identifier representing a constant, a symbol
+ identifying a physical quantity, a function parameter, or just be a
+ term used as a placeholder in prose.</p>
<div class="example">
<p>In the paragraph below, the letter "n" is being used as a
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