[html5] r1745 - /

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Thu Jun 12 02:36:56 PDT 2008


Author: ianh
Date: 2008-06-12 02:36:55 -0700 (Thu, 12 Jun 2008)
New Revision: 1745

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Clarify relationships with other W3C specs.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-06-12 09:18:35 UTC (rev 1744)
+++ index	2008-06-12 09:36:55 UTC (rev 1745)
@@ -162,12 +162,18 @@
      <li><a href="#scope"><span class=secno>1.1 </span>Scope</a>
       <ul class=toc>
        <li><a href="#relationship"><span class=secno>1.1.1
-        </span>Relationship to HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.1, DOM2 HTML</a>
+        </span>Relationship to HTML 4.01 and DOM2 HTML</a>
 
        <li><a href="#relationship0"><span class=secno>1.1.2
+        </span>Relationship to XHTML 1.x</a>
+
+       <li><a href="#relationship1"><span class=secno>1.1.3
         </span>Relationship to XHTML2</a>
 
-       <li><a href="#relationship1"><span class=secno>1.1.3
+       <li><a href="#relationship2"><span class=secno>1.1.4
+        </span>Relationship to Web Forms 2.0 and XForms</a>
+
+       <li><a href="#relationship3"><span class=secno>1.1.5
         </span>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary
         UI languages</a>
       </ul>
@@ -1902,22 +1908,40 @@
    Core APIs) are even further ahead.
 
   <h4 id=relationship><span class=secno>1.1.1 </span>Relationship to HTML
-   4.01, XHTML 1.1, DOM2 HTML</h4>
+   4.01 and DOM2 HTML</h4>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
 
-  <p>This specification represents a new version of HTML4 and XHTML1, along
-   with a new version of the associated DOM2 HTML API. Migration from HTML4
-   or XHTML1 to the format and APIs described in this specification should in
-   most cases be straightforward, as care has been taken to ensure that
-   backwards-compatibility is retained.</p>
-  <!-- XXX refs -->
+  <p>This specification represents a new version of HTML4, along with a new
+   version of the associated DOM2 HTML API. Migration from HTML4 to the
+   format and APIs described in this specification should in most cases be
+   straightforward, as care has been taken to ensure that
+   backwards-compatibility is retained. <a href="#refsHTML4">[HTML4]</a> <a
+   href="#refsDOM2HTML">[DOM2HTML]</a>
 
-  <p>This specification will eventually supplant Web Forms 2.0 as well. <a
-   href="#refsWF2">[WF2]</a>
+  <h4 id=relationship0><span class=secno>1.1.2 </span>Relationship to XHTML
+   1.x</h4>
 
-  <h4 id=relationship0><span class=secno>1.1.2 </span>Relationship to XHTML2</h4>
+  <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
 
+  <p>This specification is intended to replace XHTML 1.0 as the normative
+   definition of the XML serialisation of the HTML vocabulary. <a
+   href="#refsXHTML10">[XHTML10]</a>
+
+  <p>While this specification updates the semantics and requirements of the
+   vocabulary defined by XHTML Modularization 1.1 and used by XHTML 1.1, it
+   does not attempt to provide a replacement for the modularization scheme
+   defined and used by those (and other) specifications, and therefore cannot
+   be considered a complete replacement for them. <a
+   href="#refsXHTMLMOD">[XHTMLMOD]</a> <a href="#refsXHTML11">[XHTML11]</a>
+
+  <p>Thus, authors and implementors who do not need such a modularization
+   scheme can consider this specification a replacement for XHTML 1.x, but
+   those who do need such a mechanism are encouraged to continue using the
+   XHTML 1.1 line of specifications.
+
+  <h4 id=relationship1><span class=secno>1.1.3 </span>Relationship to XHTML2</h4>
+
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
 
   <p>XHTML2 <a href="#refsXHTML2">[XHTML2]</a> defines a new HTML vocabulary
@@ -1937,7 +1961,23 @@
   <p>XHTML2 and this specification use different namespaces and therefore can
    both be implemented in the same XML processor.
 
-  <h4 id=relationship1><span class=secno>1.1.3 </span>Relationship to XUL,
+  <h4 id=relationship2><span class=secno>1.1.4 </span>Relationship to Web
+   Forms 2.0 and XForms</h4>
+
+  <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
+
+  <p>This specification will eventually supplant Web Forms 2.0. The current
+   Web Forms 2.0 draft can be considered part of this specification for the
+   time being; its features will eventually be merged into this
+   specification. <a href="#refsWF2">[WF2]</a>
+
+  <p>As it stands today, this specification is unrelated and orthognoal to
+   XForms. When the forms features defined in HTML4 and Web Forms 2.0 are
+   merged into this specification, then the relationship to XForms described
+   in the Web Forms 2.0 draft will apply to this specification. <a
+   href="#refsXForms">[XForms]</a>
+
+  <h4 id=relationship3><span class=secno>1.1.5 </span>Relationship to XUL,
    Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</h4>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-06-12 09:18:35 UTC (rev 1744)
+++ source	2008-06-12 09:36:55 UTC (rev 1745)
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   attempts to rectify this, while at the same time updating the HTML
   specifications to address issues raised in the past few years.</p>
 
+
   <h3>Scope</h3>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
@@ -88,21 +89,41 @@
   ahead.</p>
 
 
-  <h4>Relationship to HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.1, DOM2 HTML</h4>
+  <h4>Relationship to HTML 4.01 and DOM2 HTML</h4>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
 
-  <p>This specification represents a new version of HTML4 and XHTML1,
-  along with a new version of the associated DOM2 HTML API. Migration
-  from HTML4 or XHTML1 to the format and APIs described in this
-  specification should in most cases be straightforward, as care has
-  been taken to ensure that backwards-compatibility is retained.</p>
-  <!-- XXX refs -->
+  <p>This specification represents a new version of HTML4, along with
+  a new version of the associated DOM2 HTML API. Migration from HTML4
+  to the format and APIs described in this specification should in
+  most cases be straightforward, as care has been taken to ensure that
+  backwards-compatibility is retained. <a
+  href="#refsHTML4">[HTML4]</a> <a
+  href="#refsDOM2HTML">[DOM2HTML]</a></p>
 
-  <p>This specification will eventually supplant Web Forms 2.0 as
-  well. <a href="#refsWF2">[WF2]</a></p>
 
+  <h4>Relationship to XHTML 1.x</h4>
 
+  <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+  <p>This specification is intended to replace XHTML 1.0 as the
+  normative definition of the XML serialisation of the HTML
+  vocabulary. <a href="#refsXHTML10">[XHTML10]</a></p>
+
+  <p>While this specification updates the semantics and requirements
+  of the vocabulary defined by XHTML Modularization 1.1 and used by
+  XHTML 1.1, it does not attempt to provide a replacement for the
+  modularization scheme defined and used by those (and other)
+  specifications, and therefore cannot be considered a complete
+  replacement for them. <a href="#refsXHTMLMOD">[XHTMLMOD]</a> <a
+  href="#refsXHTML11">[XHTML11]</a></p>
+
+  <p>Thus, authors and implementors who do not need such a
+  modularization scheme can consider this specification a replacement
+  for XHTML 1.x, but those who do need such a mechanism are encouraged
+  to continue using the XHTML 1.1 line of specifications.</p>
+
+
   <h4>Relationship to XHTML2</h4>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
@@ -126,6 +147,22 @@
   therefore can both be implemented in the same XML processor.</p>
 
 
+  <h4>Relationship to Web Forms 2.0 and XForms</h4>
+
+  <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>
+
+  <p>This specification will eventually supplant Web Forms 2.0. The
+  current Web Forms 2.0 draft can be considered part of this
+  specification for the time being; its features will eventually be
+  merged into this specification. <a href="#refsWF2">[WF2]</a></p>
+
+  <p>As it stands today, this specification is unrelated and
+  orthognoal to XForms. When the forms features defined in HTML4 and
+  Web Forms 2.0 are merged into this specification, then the
+  relationship to XForms described in the Web Forms 2.0 draft will
+  apply to this specification. <a href="#refsXForms">[XForms]</a></p>
+
+
   <h4>Relationship to XUL, Flash, Silverlight, and other proprietary UI languages</h4>
 
   <p><em>This section is non-normative.</em></p>




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