- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:33:13 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Henri Sivonen wrote: > > "The multiple attribute, if present, must be either empty or have the > literal value multiple. Similarly, the disabled attribute, if present, > must be either empty or have the literal value disabled. (The actual > values do not have any effect on how these attributes are processed, > only the presence or absence of the attributes is important.)" > > Allowing the empty string does not conform to the general policy on > non-minimized boolean attributes. > > I think it would be a good idea to state the conformance requirements > and the processing model for boolean attributes once near the beginning > of the spec. It would also be good to provide a way for identifying > boolean attributes. This is done now in HTML5. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
Received on Wednesday, 22 October 2008 07:33:13 UTC