- From: Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:45:25 -0400
- To: "'Lachlan Hunt'" <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, "'Jirka Kosek'" <jirka@kosek.cz>
- Cc: <public-html@w3.org>
Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > But browser is not only component which deals with HTML > > markup. Let's say you for some reason want to use only > > subset of HTML which is known to be supported on all > > mobile devices. You should be able to indicate which > > version of HTML you are using for tools which are used > > to generate markup (e.g. HTML editor) or check markup > > (validator which checks that you are using only > > elements that are defined in particular version of > > HTML). > > > Why does such an indication need to be included in the > document itself? Such use cases better addressed through > options provided by the tool. Although, in my experience, > human knowledge of browser limitations is far superior to > the information provided by any existing tool. Asking a naïve and honest question: would indications for support like this be better handled in the head by something like a "supports" element? <head> <supports type="hmme"> </head> (FYI, "hmme" = Hypothetical Mobile Markup Extensions) -- -Mike Schinkel http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ http://www.welldesignedurls.org http://atlanta-web.org - http://t.oolicio.us
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