- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 18:37:03 +0300
- To: Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov>
- Cc: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, Sam Ruby <rubys@us.ibm.com>, Neil Soiffer <Neils@dessci.com>, public-html@w3.org, www-math@w3.org
On Apr 2, 2008, at 18:29, Bruce Miller wrote: > A minor question: > Is handling <whatevertag/> in HTML5 really a problem? Yes. Consider the security implications of different browsers and gatekeepers considering different things executable with <script/>. > _Surely_, no one out there is writing HTML using <whatevertag/> > when they _dont_ mean to close the element?!?!?! Oh, there are people who *think* they are closing and element with <whatevertag/>. I think it is pretty safe to say that some of them end up relying on the actual layout or form behavior they get when <whatevertag/> doesn't close the element, but I don't have data to support this claim. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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