Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+0/-0/💬1)
  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #582 Update indeterminate, validity IDL mappings to reference underlying concept rather than IDL attribute (1 by rahimabdi)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/582 

* w3c/webcomponents (+1/-0/💬4)
  1 issues created:
  - Reference Target "phase 2": seeking feedback and use cases (by alice)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1111 

  2 issues received 4 new comments:
  - #1111 Reference Target "phase 2": seeking feedback and use cases (3 by alice, sorvell, trusktr)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1111 
  - #1069 [templates] A declarative JavaScript templating API (1 by dmitriid)
    https://github.com/WICG/webcomponents/issues/1069 

* whatwg/html (+8/-8/💬118)
  8 issues created:
  - Introduce `<partial>` for Native HTML Fragment Inclusion (by aralroca)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11595 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - range attribute in video tag (by tiuvi)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11594 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Clarify whether the introduction is normative (by BrianJDrake)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11593 
  - Clarify whether this specification is being serious (by BrianJDrake)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11592 
  - Man (by kumarvinya693-sys)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11587 
  - Login button not working (by Mridulakarthikeyan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11586 
  - Support for managing id's declaratively (by bahrus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11585 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0? (by tony-sull)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 

  24 issues received 118 new comments:
  - #11595 Introduce `<partial>` for Native HTML Fragment Inclusion (2 by aralroca, o-t-w)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11595 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11590 An urgent concern and petition for XSLT (11 by jonsterling, master-hax, mfreed7, sjehuda, zb3, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11590 
  - #11585 Support for managing id's declaratively (6 by alice, bahrus, mayank99)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11585 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11584 Allow custom-elements to be a labelable element without being form-associated. (2 by domenic, lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11584 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom elements] [topic: forms] 
  - #11582 XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites across the world (24 by Pinteresting, bkardell, decimalator, dmitriid, doctorpangloss, evanjrowley, master-hax, mfreed7, rniwa)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11582 
  - #11578 Should the web platform adopt XSLT 3.0? (43 by Arithmeticus, Chailotl, Lexicality, Oblomov, Rhys-T, bahrus, ballsteve, chchch, dmitriid, ebeshero, hcayless, imajes, keithamus, liamquin, martindholmes, mfreed7, michaelhkay, mindcrime, ndriscoll, super-structure, tony-sull, torstenroeder, wendellpiez, zb3)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11578 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11577 Proposal to add missing IDREF reflection IDL attributes (1 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11577 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11562 nav-stop does not seem to cancel planned form navigation (1 by hsinyi)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11562 [compat] [topic: navigation] 
  - #11554 Proposal: Support image formats in `<video>` (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11554 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: media] [agenda+] 
  - #11552 Add openid4vp: as a safelisted scheme for protocol registration handling (4 by RByers, nvoutsin)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11552 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: custom protocols] 
  - #11541 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-08-14 (1 by alethkit)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11541 [agenda+] 
  - #11523 Should we remove XSLT from the web platform? (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11523 [removal/deprecation] [needs tests] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #11509 Browsers disagree on whether CSS `:active` selector works on <area> elements. (2 by Psychpsyo, dholbert)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11509 
  - #11061 Proposal: Customized built-in elements via `elementInternals.type` (1 by domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11061 [addition/proposal] [agenda+] 
  - #10716 Deferring (same-origin) navigation commit (2 by domenic, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10716 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: navigation] 
  - #10614 Provide an API for getting visible caret position in textarea/input element (1 by stephanieyzhang)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10614 
  - #10309 The `interestfor` attribute (the "Interest Invokers" API) (1 by sepointon)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10309 [stage: 1] 
  - #10143 Improve DX of element reference attributes by allowing relative references instead of only ids (7 by LJWatson, alice, jyasskin, mayank99)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10143 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #8364 Editorial: align with JavaScript spec conventions on records (1 by shwetang01)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8364 [good first issue] [integration] 
  - #8282 Incorporate scroll-to-text into HTML (1 by domfarolino)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8282 [addition/proposal] [topic: navigation] 
  - #5408 When is a lazy-loaded image "about to intersect the viewport" (1 by sdmcraft)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/5408 [topic: img] 
  - #3983 Async css (2 by domenic, scottjehl)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3983 [addition/proposal] [topic: link] [topic: style] [needs incubation] 
  - #3552 createImageBitmap's note is wrong (1 by shreyasKU31)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3552 [good first issue] [topic: canvas] 
  - #1349 Define parser behavior for in-body external stylesheets (1 by domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/1349 [compat] [topic: parser] [topic: style] 

  8 issues closed:
  - XSLT removal will break multiple government and regulatory sites across the world https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11582 
  - Provide an API for getting visible caret position in textarea/input element https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10614 
  - Provide an API for getting visible caret position in textarea/input element https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10614 
  - An urgent concern and petition for XSLT https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11590 
  - Man https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11587 [invalid] 
  - Login button not working https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11586 [invalid] 
  - Don't allow the javascript: protocol in navigation.navigate() https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11500 [topic: navigation] [security/privacy] 
  - Deferring (same-origin) navigation commit https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10716 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: navigation] 



Pull requests
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* w3c/html-aria (+0/-0/💬1)
  1 pull requests received 1 new comments:
  - #558 This is now on ARIA, we should update the metadata (1 by daniel-montalvo)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aria/pull/558 

* whatwg/html (+2/-3/💬9)
  2 pull requests submitted:
  - use integer over anb syntax for heading (by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11589 
  - Stub out canvas.drawElement() (by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11588 

  7 pull requests received 9 new comments:
  - #11563 Remove mentions of XSLT from the html spec (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11563 
  - #11519 [focus-without-user-activation] Allow focus if a descendant has focus (1 by ffiori)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11519 
  - #11441 [WebDriver BiDi] enable and disable scripting via BiDi (1 by sadym-chromium)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11441 [topic: script] [integration] 
  - #11345 Improve CommandEvent and ToggleEvent source retargeting (2 by josepharhar, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11345 [agenda+] 
  - #11006 Add the `interestfor` attribute (1 by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11006 
  - #7915 add unload permissions-policy feature (2 by cmattyhealth-prog)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/7915 
  - #6695 Take sizes from <img> if a <source> doesn't have a sizes attribute (1 by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/6695 

  3 pull requests merged:
  - Don't allow the javascript: protocol in navigation.navigate()
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11533 [normative change] [topic: navigation] 
  - Navigation API deferred commit
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11580 [addition/proposal] [topic: navigation] 
  - [meta] Add dfn type and scope for HTMLMediaElement.src
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11581 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/💬5)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - Remove mentions of XSLT from the DOM spec (by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1400 

  1 pull requests received 5 new comments:
  - #1400 Remove mentions of XSLT from the DOM spec (5 by duckdotapk, mfreed7, ocdtrekkie)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1400 


Repositories tracked by this digest:
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* https://github.com/w3c/html-aam
* https://github.com/w3c/html-aria
* https://github.com/w3c/html-extensions
* https://github.com/w3c/htmlwg
* https://github.com/w3c/webcomponents
* https://github.com/whatwg/html
* https://github.com/whatwg/dom


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