- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 05:06:35 +0000 (UTC)
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Elizabeth Castro wrote: > > I've noticed a couple of instances in which the spec gives the content > model for a given element, like for example, the hgroup element contains > one or more of h1, h2, etc., and then specifies what should happen even > if the element doesn't contain what it's supposed to, as here where we > learn what an hgroup's rank should be if it is empty: > > > The rank of an hgroup element is the rank of the highest-ranked h1?h6 > > element descendant of the hgroup element, if there are any such > > elements, or otherwise the same as for an h1 element (the highest > > rank). > > It seems like it's implying that it's OK for the hgroup to not follow > its own content model. > > Or is it just saying what should happen if it is erroneously empty? The latter. You can hide all the implementation-specific stuff by switching the view mode of the spec using the widget at the top right of the document to "Hide UA text". There's also a third mode, "Highlight UA text", which highlights in red the bits that are hidden in the "Hide UA text" mode. HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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