Weekly github digest (HTML specs)

Issues
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* w3c/html-aam (+2/-0/šŸ’¬0)
  2 issues created:
  - Chore: element/attr tables should link to naming section (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/597 
  - Embed element missing from name calculation section (by scottaohara)
    https://github.com/w3c/html-aam/issues/596 

* whatwg/html (+12/-6/šŸ’¬61)
  12 issues created:
  - Define term "joint session history" (by SebastianZ)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12108 
  - Business impact of removing XSLT from the HTML Standard (by jjwhitmore)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12107 
  - select base appearance shadow tree issues (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12106 [topic: select] 
  - Meeting 35 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12104 
  - Re: Issue #11523 Removal of XSLT from the web platform (by jjwhitmore)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12103 
  - The spec for the `align` attribute on img (and maybe others?) is incomplete (by Psychpsyo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12102 [topic: rendering] 
  - Move DOMActivate event from UI Events to HTML (by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12101 [needs tests] [topic: events] [integration] 
  - Selects interplay with popover is sometimes surprising. (by keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12099 [needs tests] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - use of oldParent in HTML element removing steps is sometimes wrong (by dbaron)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12098 
  - selectedcontent removing steps vs pagehide (and unload) (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12096 [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - ElementInternals ARIA semantics are opaque to DOM-based accessibility testing tools (by benbeaudry)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12095 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: custom elements] 
  - Iā€™m (by vinti2079)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12093 

  22 issues received 61 new comments:
  - #12108 Define term "joint session history" (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12108 
  - #12107 Business impact of removing XSLT from the HTML Standard (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12107 
  - #12104 Meeting 35 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (1 by mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12104 
  - #12103 Re: Issue #11523 Removal of XSLT from the web platform (2 by jjwhitmore)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12103 
  - #12102 The spec for the `align` attribute on img (and maybe others?) is incomplete (2 by Psychpsyo, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12102 [topic: rendering] 
  - #12101 Move DOMActivate event from UI Events to HTML (1 by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12101 [needs tests] [topic: events] [integration] 
  - #12099 Selects interplay with popover is sometimes surprising. (4 by annevk, josepharhar, keithamus, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12099 [needs tests] [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12096 selectedcontent removing steps vs pagehide (and unload) (5 by dbaron, josepharhar, smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12096 [agenda+] [topic: select] 
  - #12095 ElementInternals ARIA semantics are opaque to DOM-based accessibility testing tools (4 by annevk, benbeaudry, jpzwarte, keithamus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12095 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #12092 Avoid leaking documents in CustomElementRegistry's scoped document set (1 by Jamesernator)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12092 [topic: custom elements] 
  - #12091 data:// URLs being considered as IsSecureContext (2 by Psychpsyo, shannonbooth)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12091 
  - #12087 Upcoming WHATNOT meeting on 2026-01-22 (1 by noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12087 [agenda+] 
  - #12064 Meeting 34 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls (3 by dbaron, lukewarlow, mfreed7)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12064 
  - #12062 Should "update a color well control color" resolve `none` as 0? (4 by annevk, saschanaz, svgeesus)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12062 [topic: forms] [integration] 
  - #11744 Forgetting source argument to showPopover() is too easy (8 by bramus, css-meeting-bot, keithamus, lukewarlow, mfreed7, smaug----, una)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11744 [topic: popover] 
  - #11542 Out of order HTML streaming ("patching") (11 by MichaelWest22, WebReflection, dmsnell, foolip, noamr)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11542 [addition/proposal] [topic: parser] [agenda+] [stage: 1] 
  - #11040 .elementInternals accessor property (5 by benbeaudry, dbjorge, jpzwarte)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/11040 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: custom elements] 
  - #9986 <datalist> behavior(s) are inconsistent and unhelpful when options are prefiltered (1 by nektro)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/9986 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [topic: forms] 
  - #7954 Considerations for providing alternative text to video poster graphics (1 by joezappie)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/7954 [addition/proposal] [a11y-tracker] 
  - #4611 Spec for iframe removal from the document doesn't match browser behavior (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/4611 [topic: document.open()] [topic: document lifecycle] 
  - #3748 UA shadow roots are observable via inheritance.  (1 by emilio)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/3748 [topic: shadow] [topic: rendering] 
  - #1632 Make <label> elements reflect CSS pseudoclasses on associated form element (1 by zua9010-bot)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/1632 [normative change] [needs implementer interest] [topic: rendering] [topic: selectors] 

  6 issues closed:
  - Business impact of removing XSLT from the HTML Standard https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12107 
  - Meeting 34 for joint OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG task force on styleable form controls https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12064 
  - Re: Issue #11523 Removal of XSLT from the web platform https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12103 
  - The spec for the `align` attribute on img (and maybe others?) is incomplete https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12102 [topic: rendering] 
  - The spec for the `align` attribute on img (and maybe others?) is incomplete https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12102 [topic: rendering] 
  - ElementInternals ARIA semantics are opaque to DOM-based accessibility testing tools https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/12095 [addition/proposal] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: custom elements] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/šŸ’¬1)
  1 issues created:
  - https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-range-deletecontents may collapse the Range to an invalid position (by smaug----)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1446 [topic: ranges] 

  1 issues received 1 new comments:
  - #1189 Should TreeWalker be expanded to support shadow roots in support of the selection API? (1 by jakearchibald)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/issues/1189 [topic: shadow] [needs implementer interest] [needs concrete proposal] [topic: nodes] 



Pull requests
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* whatwg/html (+3/-0/šŸ’¬39)
  3 pull requests submitted:
  - 12105  (by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12105 
  - 12097  (by TimvdLippe)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12097 
  - 12094  (by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12094 

  13 pull requests received 39 new comments:
  - #12097 Apply style quirk also in limited-quirks mode
 (6 by TimvdLippe, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12097 
  - #12090 Do not run "Update a style block" while style element is on stack of open elements
 (3 by TimvdLippe, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12090 [topic: style] 
  - #12083 Use cached select in selectedness setting algorithm (1 by zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12083 
  - #12071 Calculate ancestorOrigins on document creation and store on document (4 by domfarolino, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12071 
  - #12038 Set creation URL of worker settings to final URL after redirect
 (1 by annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12038 
  - #12026 Add document policy to the policy container (6 by domfarolino, hiroshige-g, monica-ch)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/12026 
  - #11981 Allow "style" and "json" in `as` attribute for `modulepreload` (3 by KurtCattiSchmidt, annevk)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11981 
  - #11980 Add support for video and audio element lazy-loading via the loading attribute (8 by hjanuschka, scottjehl, zcorpan)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11980 [addition/proposal] [topic: media] 
  - #11519 [focus-without-user-activation] Allow focus if a descendant has focus (1 by ffiori)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/11519 
  - #10995 Add reference target (1 by alice)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10995 
  - #10858 Support import maps in workers (3 by LeaVerou, WebReflection, nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10858 [addition/proposal] [topic: workers] [topic: script] 
  - #6958 "Record & Tuple" proposal HTML serialization support (1 by nicolo-ribaudo)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/6958 
  - #4184 Focus the dialog element instead of the first focusable item (1 by chaoscrank75-web)
    https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/4184 [normative change] [needs implementer interest] [accessibility] [topic: dialog] 

* whatwg/dom (+1/-0/šŸ’¬9)
  1 pull requests submitted:
  - 1447  (by foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1447 

  1 pull requests received 9 new comments:
  - #1447 Add Marker interface (9 by WebReflection, annevk, foolip)
    https://github.com/whatwg/dom/pull/1447 


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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