Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* whatwg/html (+6/-4/💬52)
  6 issues created:
  - Script Execution Order and `body.className (by Imran-imtiaz48)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11391 
  - Use a static property instead of ElementInternals.type for declaring native behaviors (by alexkeng)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11390 
  - Content-Security-Policy pragma directive on meta element does not set self origin on the new policy (by Lubrsi)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11389 
  - Support `getElementsByTagName(tag)` for DocumentFragment (by yezhizhen)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11388 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-06-26 (by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11386 [agenda+] 
  - Allow 'name' attribute on 'data' element. (by luciandavidescu)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11385 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 

  24 issues received 52 new comments:
  - #11391 Script Execution Order and `body.className (1 by domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11391 
  - #11390 Use a static property instead of ElementInternals.type for declaring native behaviors (1 by Ayushsaxena0227)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11390 
  - #11389 Content-Security-Policy pragma directive on meta element does not set self origin on the new policy (1 by Kengo0201)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11389 
  - #11388 Support `getElementsByTagName(tag)` for DocumentFragment (2 by annevk, yezhizhen)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11388 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11385 Allow 'name' attribute on 'data' element. (2 by domenic, luciandavidescu)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11385 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11382 Behavior of `innerHTML` on element with scoped custom element registry (2 by annevk, ja-y-son)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11382 [topic: custom elements] 
  - #11378 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-06-19 (2 by cwilso)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11378 [agenda+] 
  - #11376 Feature Request: Built-In Web Libraries (BWL) via browser-lib attribute (5 by 0f-0b, TTMTT, pmeenan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11376 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11375 Is it possible to annotate an autocomplete attribute to accept either `email` or `tel`? (1 by samuelgoto)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11375 [addition/proposal] [topic: forms] 
  - #11364 Exploration of exposing stylesheets across scopes (2 by robglidden)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11364 
  - #11348 Add form persistence (6 by FrameMuse, domenic)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11348 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #11333 Need for programmatic detection of flashing content in <video> elements (accessibility safety concern) (1 by amrouchk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11333 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - #11330 Transient activation and focus (1 by EdgarChen)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11330 [integration] [topic: user activation] 
  - #11252 [Navigation API] Inconsistency between spec and tests for navigating methods and detached iframes (6 by arai-a, domenic, farre, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11252 [topic: frames/navigables/browsing contexts] 
  - #11061 Proposal: Customized built-in elements via `elementInternals.type` (2 by alexkeng, sorvell)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11061 [addition/proposal] 
  - #10879 Audit and fix innerHTML scripting disabled parsing behavior for template (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10879 [topic: parser] [interop] 
  - #10155 It's not clear how constraint validation works for FACE if the 'validation anchor' is null (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/10155 [topic: custom elements] [topic: forms] 
  - #8990 Proposal: fallback/mirror hrefs (2 by nektro)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8990 
  - #8013 Prevent top navigations without user activation in some circumstances? (2 by annevk, mozfreddyb)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8013 [normative change] [topic: navigation] [needs tests] [needs concrete proposal] 
  - #7977 Mark `document.write()` as obsolete (5 by annevk, caugner, gsnedders, hamishwillee, jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7977 [removal/deprecation] [topic: parser] [impacts documentation] 
  - #6235 Escape "<" and ">" in attributes when serializing HTML (1 by securityMB)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6235 [normative change] [topic: parser] [security/privacy] [security-tracker] 
  - #6107 Transferable resolve/reject (1 by jimmywarting)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/6107 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: serialize and transfer] 
  - #3567 Have some way of opening `<dialog>` elements without JavaScript (3 by lukewarlow, martpet)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3567 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: forms] [topic: dialog] 
  - #2177 Setting headers for EventSource (1 by lachlanhunt)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/2177 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: fetch] [topic: eventsource] 

  4 issues closed:
  - Script Execution Order and `body.className https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11391 
  - Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2025-06-19 https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11378 [agenda+] 
  - Allow 'name' attribute on 'data' element. https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11385 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] 
  - Hint popovers can't be the "topmost open popover ancestor" of dialog elements https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11008 [topic: dialog] [topic: popover] 

* whatwg/dom (+2/-1/💬9)
  2 issues created:
  - Proposal: matchContainer API (by ddamato)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1383 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - Support `getElementsByTagName(tag)` for DocumentFragment (by yezhizhen)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1382 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 

  4 issues received 9 new comments:
  - #1383 Proposal: matchContainer API (2 by annevk, ddamato)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1383 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1382 Support `getElementsByTagName(tag)` for DocumentFragment (1 by WebReflection)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1382 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 
  - #1366 Cloning of a document does not copy "allow declarative shadow roots" (1 by abood640)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1366 [topic: shadow] [needs tests] [topic: nodes] 
  - #736 Proposal: a DocumentFragment whose nodes do not get removed once inserted (5 by FrameMuse, WebReflection)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/736 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 

  1 issues closed:
  - Proposal: matchContainer API https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1383 [needs implementer interest] [addition/proposal] 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+4/-4/💬13)
  4 pull requests submitted:
  - Markup: Wrap algorithms in <div> tags (by jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11392 
  - Editorial: Fix whitespace, punctuation, wording, markup (by jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11387 
  - Discourage `document.writeln()` like `document.write()` (by caugner)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11384 
  - Reword popover "invoker" terminology to "control" or "source" where appropriate. (by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11383 

  7 pull requests received 13 new comments:
  - #11384 Discourage `document.writeln()` like `document.write()` (5 by annevk, caugner)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11384 
  - #11383 Reword popover "invoker" terminology to "control" or "source" where appropriate. (2 by domenic, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11383 [editorial] 
  - #11379 Editorial prep for wrapping algorithms in <div> (1 by jmdyck)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11379 
  - #11326 Fix dialog closedby and requestClose() (take 2) (2 by domenic, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11326 [topic: dialog] [topic: close watchers] 
  - #11255 Make command events not composed (1 by lukewarlow)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11255 [do not merge yet] 
  - #11253 Ensure modal dialogs can nest inside of hint popovers (1 by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11253 [topic: popover] 
  - #10633 Define the `<selectedcontent>` element (1 by titoBouzout)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10633 [addition/proposal] [do not merge yet] [topic: forms] [topic: select] 

  4 pull requests merged:
  - Discourage `document.writeln()` like `document.write()`
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11384 
  - Editorial: Fix whitespace, punctuation, wording, markup
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11387 
  - Editorial prep for wrapping algorithms in <div>
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11379 
  - Ensure modal dialogs can nest inside of hint popovers
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11253 [topic: popover] 


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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