- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:50:54 -0700
- To: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Julian Reschke wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> No, I mean a summary attribute being present at all, regardless of >> its value. What do you think should be the validator behavior for >> that case? >> ... > > Unless the validator develops sufficient intelligence so that it can > tell a good summary value from a bad one, it should stay silent. I think silence is not an approach that will get buy-in from people who think summary is problematic. > Any element can be mis-used and in fact is misused in practice, so > why make an exception in this case? This case may be worth an exception, because we have some evidence that this particular attribute is often used wrong, and HTML5 offers new alternatives. Thus, highly visible guidance to authors could help. Is your concern about the label as a "warning", or about having advisory guidance in the validator at all? Regards, Maciej
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