- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:33:37 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, Jim Ley wrote: > > "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch> > > On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Jim Ley wrote: > > > > > > Certainly, however I fail to see the dis-advantage in having to have > > > attributeX in the new version if you want to extend the semantics > > > > So you're saying you _do_ want well-defined error handling, but for > > only one case, namely unknown attributes? And you want that those > > "MUST be ignored"? > > No, I want it left open to the user agent. I don't see how the above is > confusing - the issue of extending the semantics in later versions is > orthogonal to handling invalid content. You are asking for a spec where it is legal for the UA to do something with _every_ attribute. How then can you later introduce a new attribute? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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