<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Mounir Lamouri wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Actually, if you are looking for something more normative (the table is<br>non-normative), at the end of each input element states description, you<br>can found the list of attributes which apply/don't apply. AFAIK, the<br>attributes/methods never mention in which states they apply. I suppose<br>it is to prevent mentioning things twice thus doubling the needed<br>changes and the chances of incoherence/mistakes.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You're correct! Thanks for pointing out that section. I still think this could</div><div>be clarified. I feel that a majority of the time someone is going to read</div><div>patternMismatch and say "oh, I just need a pattern attribute" and not think</div><div>to check that the pattern attribute only applies to particular types.</div><div>Does anyone else agree or should this be left alone?</div></div><br><div>- Joe</div></body></html>