SVGT 1.2: uDOM Document interfaces with minor wording differences from DOM

• From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
• Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:46:50 -0700
• To: www-svg@w3c.org
• Message-Id: <156CDA15-AE6B-4896-87B4-35E9C4F4E943@apple.com>

The following uDOM Document methods and attributes have minor textual  
differences from the corresponding DOM Level 3 methods, but where the  
intent seems to be to define them identically:

implementation
documentElement
createElementNS
getElementById

The textual differences fall into two categories:

A: not specifying behavior for particular edge cases
B: omitting verbiage relating to concepts not present in uDOM

I think category A differences are actively harmful, as they may lead  
to interpretations that conflict with the DOM. I think Category B  
differences are not particularly valuable, as additional text noting  
aspects that don't apply would be sufficient.

Therefore, for all these methods and properties, I recommend quoting  
verbatim or better yet normatively referencing the DOM Level 3 Core  
definitions.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Tuesday, 27 December 2005 07:08:40 UTC