[whatwg] WF2 changes: uri->url, ERROR_* constants dropped; status update

Olav Junker Kjær olav at olav.dk
Wed Mar 23 09:09:21 PST 2005


Ian Hickson wrote:
> NOTE: Other than the three issues listed in the "Status of this document" 
> section (the <dataentry> proposal, the question of whether the repetition 
> model is needed at all, and the div-form-inline content model issue) I am 
> not aware of any outstanding issues on the WF2 specification.

What are the arguments for dropping the repetition model?
FWIW I believe that the repetition model is quite useful, and it would 
be a shame to drop it. Especially combined with data roundtrips 
(replace=values), it enables an elegant way of editing tabular data. A 
data grid is an essential component of any UI widget set, and the 
template based approach in WF2 makes it more powerfull and flexible than 
most.

There might be point in editorially seperating the repetition model spec 
from the form-related parts of WF2, though. They don't have too many 
dependencies between them, and it might make both specs clearer and more 
focused.

regards
Olav Junker Kjær







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