random section of HTML document: 4.10.6 The select element

In order to  explore the issues around the questions of document scope, applicability,
editorial style and so forth, rather than just exchanging opinions, I was asked
to provide specific examples.

In order to demonstrate "general" properties that might be "document-wide",
I offered to selected a "random page" by using a predefined algorithm.
I did so, but the discussions from the previous two random samples
(around image width & height, and around the 'outline' algorithm) aren't
complete. I thought I better pick the next selection as promised, though,
so it doesn't look like I'm cherry-picking samples.

On Thursday, 5/28: Google daily volume was 2668993, and the number of pages
 in the editor's draft as letter-sized PDF was 936. Page 2668993 mod 936 is
457. Page 458 is in the middle of the "select" element.

So the sample for today is 4.10.6 select.

I hope by this random sample question we might come to some more
general agreement by looking at actual technical details of actual
pages in the document.

I'm not sending this to the HTML working group list, just the
www-archive list, just to establish a permanent record of the
selection and the randomness of the process.

Regards,


Larry
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