Re: HTML 5 conformance: table border obsolete?

I know it can be challenging to use CSS instead of embedding presentational
attributes in HTML, but this feels like a simple global change to your spec
that would be more consistent with w3c best practices.  I would be happy to
help with the edits so this 'bug' doesn't get in the way of your
publishing.  Let me know.
On Feb 6, 2014 7:35 AM, "Guus Schreiber" <guus.schreiber@vu.nl> wrote:

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> On 06-02-14 13:53, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
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>> 2014-02-06 12:09, Michael[tm] Smith wrote:
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>>  > Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@målform.no>, 2014-02-06 03:10
>> +0100:
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>>> Mike, you are not answering the question.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're right, sorry.
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>> Mike, you are still not answering the question.
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>>  As I understand it, you're probably suggesting I should try to answer the
>>> question of why, in the particular document that the OP cited, using
>>> legacy
>>> table@border=1 markup for presentational purposes is a better choice
>>>
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>> Whatever Leif may have suggested (and I don't think he suggested that),
>> the original question was:
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>> "Is this a validator bug?"
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>>  The answer is that @border is conforming in HTML5 and that the validator
>>>> has a bug if it does not allow it. There was a change proposal
>>>> process to
>>>> have @border added back into the spec, and the CP prevailed.
>>>>
>>>
>>> OK, understood. As far as that goes, could you please take a minute to
>>> file
>>> a bug report?
>>>
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>> I don't get it. It seems that the validators http://validator.w3.org and
>> http://validator.w3.org/nu/ were recently changed to report the border
>> attribute as an error, against the draft specifications and against what
>> http://www.validator.nu does. Instead of fixing this bug, you're
>> suggesting opening a bug report and, as per your later comment, to
>> continue the discussion there.
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>> What is there to be discussed? Either you fix the bug, or you don't. I
>> don't think there is anything to be discussed, as the draft
>> specifications are so clear. What the specifications should say is a
>> different issue
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>> And I suppose the original poster deserves a simple answer to the simple
>> question (and to the natural followup question "when will it be fixed?").
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> I woud be very grateful if it could be fixed soon. We are going to REC
> with 8 docuemtns from different editors, where many use this feature. The
> Webmaster will complan if the this "bug" pops up.
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> Thanks for the quick responses,
> Guus
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> PS I personally don't like the border thing either, but as chair I have a
> different role.
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>> Yucca
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