- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 16:07:47 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 16 Jun 2004, fantasai wrote: > > 6.2. Seeding a form with initial values > --------------------------------------- > > # If a select element has a data attribute, it must be a URI that points to a > # well-formed XML file whose root element is a select element in the > # http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml namespace. The MIME type must be an XML MIME > # type [RFC3023], preferably application/xml. It should not be > # application/xhtml+xml since the root element is not html. > # > # UAs must process this file if it has an XML MIME type [RFC3023], if it is a > # well-formed XML file, and if the root element is the right root element in > # the right namespace. If any of these conditions are not met, UAs must act as > # if the attribute was not specified, although they may report the error to the > # user. UAs are expected to correctly handle namespaces, so the file may use > # prefixes, etc. > > These two paragraphs should be merged and > > UAs must process this file if it has an XML MIME type [RFC3023], if it is a > well-formed XML file, and if the root element is the right root element in > the right namespace. If any of these conditions are not met, UAs must act > > replaced with > > UAs must process this file if and only if these conditions are met. If they > are not met, UAs must act > > There's no reason to state the requirements twice. The problem is the requirements aren't _quite_ the same. In particular, authors SHOULD not use application/xhtml+xml, but UAs MUST process the file if it is (since it is an RFC3023-compliant type). How exactly would you phrase this? > Similarly for section 6.2. This one was closer, so I fixed that one. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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