- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 03:34:38 -0700
- To: Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On May 3, 2010, at 12:52 AM, Toby Inkster wrote: > In HTML 4, <object> is allowed as a child of <head>. Not so in the > current HTML5 draft. > > I can't seem to find any mention of this change in the draft spec, nor > in the html5-diff draft. I've searched for '"object element" html5 > head' on Google to try to find the reasoning for it, but nothing's > come > up. > > Can I ask why the change? If this is an oversight, and we do want to > continue to allow <object> in <head>, then can the draft spec be > updated; otherwise can the html5-diff draft be updated? Assuming you accept the explanation that others have given (that <object> implicitly closes the <head> and starts the <body> in most browsers), could you please file a bug against the diffs document to mention this difference? Bug filing URL: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=HTML%20WG The component for the diffs document is "HTML5 differences from HTML4 (editor: Anne van Kesteren) Regards, Maciej
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