- From: Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:13:25 +0200
- To: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On 13 Jun 2007, at 02:03, Ian Hickson wrote:
>> Ok, let me put this another way: If there is an attribute for
>> which the
>> set {"on", "true", "yes"} and missing value maps to the true state.
>> Would you say it defaults to "on"?
>
> The default is a state. The attribute would default to the true state.
The problem is that values and states are different types of entities.
In normal usage a "default state" is the state you get (or assume)
when a state is missing. Correspondingly a "default value" is the
value you get when a value is missing.
A missing value state represents neither of these. It is the state
you get when a value is missing. It's not a default at all - its just
a name or status given to a particular situation.
--
Henrik
Received on Wednesday, 13 June 2007 01:14:08 UTC