- From: Earl Hood <ehood@imagine.convex.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jul 94 14:09:25 CDT
- To: connolly@hal.com, www-html@www0.cern.ch
- Cc: ehood@imagine.convex.com, harward@imagine.convex.com
What is the reasoning for allowing header elements inside a BLOCKQUOTE element? I've also noticed that the COMPACT attribute for UL/OL elements are still gone from earlier version of HTML. Is it a conscience decision to remove the attribute? The DL element has it, so I find it odd that the other list types should not. It would be nice that there existed some sort of "diff" between the newer versions of the HTML DTD from the older versions. Here is the list I have from the changes from the old HTML DTD of Jul 1 93, and the latest HTML DTD from <http://www.hal.com/%7Econnolly/html-spec/html.dtd>: New elements/attributes: <br> <dl compact> <form> <form action> <form enctype> <form method> <img ismap> <input> <input align> <input checked> <input maxlength> <input name> <input size> <input src> <input type> <input value> <option> <option selected> <option value> <select> <select multiple> <select name> <select size> <textarea> <textarea cols> <textarea name> <textarea rows> Old elements/attributes: <dfn> <dir compact> <key> <link name> <menu compact> <ol compact> <u> <ul compact> A "diff" document will be good for users of HTML to easily determine what elements/attributes are obsolete. Either that, or update the "Obsolete" section of the html spec that _completely_ lists all changes from the older version(s) of the DTD. Probably a better distinction is "obsolete" vs "removed". Some elements are labeled obsolete in the html spec, but are still defined in the DTD. While some stuff has been completely removed from the DTD. --ewh P.S. How does one subscribe to www-html? Is it an exclusive club, or am I too dense to find the URL that explains how to subscribe? :) I'd like to keep up-to-date as possible on HTML since I have programs that deal with it. ---- Earl Hood | CONVEX Computer Corporation ehood@convex.com | 3000 Waterview Parkway Phone: (214) 497-4387 | P.O. Box 833851 FAX: (214) 497-4500 | Richardson, TX 75083-3851
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