- From: Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:38:41 -0600
- To: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
- Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:15 AM, James Graham <jgraham@opera.com> wrote: >> Shelley Powers wrote: >>> >>> I finished the change proposal for this action item and this issue, >>> located at: >>> >>> http://burningbird.net/html5/dtdd.htm >>> >> >> This change proposal seems to contain two competing proposals: >> >> a) Remove <figure> and <details> from HTML5 >> b) Use something else in place of <dd> and <dt> in <figure> and <details> >> >> This is problematic because b) is a change I could live with whilst a) is >> one that I could not live with. I could also live with: >> >> c) Maintain the status quo. >> >> For this reason it would be difficult to give a good answer to whether I >> support, or even "can live with" the proposal. If it came down to it I would >> have to say "no" since the proposal contains the possibility of a change >> that I cannot live with. >> >> I don't think it makes sense to have a change proposal that talks about >> changing the definition of dd/dt without taking a definite position on what >> to do with elements that depend on the current definition. In general I >> think an individual change proposal should represent one complete and >> consistent change to the spec rather than requiring multiple sequential >> change proposals to be applied to get the spec into a consistent state. >> > > > This proposal does provide one consistent recommendation: remove the > use of dt/dd from figure and details, and replace with another, new > element. > > I specified the other option, but also said removal of figure and > details, if addressed at all should be addressed in separate > proposals, unrelated to the issue of the misuse of dt/dd. > > There is no confusion. > > Shelley > Or I should have said, there might be confusion but this email should address it. Shelley
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