[html5] r1524 - /

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Author: ianh
Date: 2008-05-05 21:43:09 -0700 (Mon, 05 May 2008)
New Revision: 1524

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Clarify the handling of <object> data='' and type='' and remove bogus requirements.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-05-06 04:26:03 UTC (rev 1523)
+++ index	2008-05-06 04:43:09 UTC (rev 1524)
@@ -14197,10 +14197,10 @@
    attribute, if present, must be a <a href="#valid8">valid browsing context
    name</a>.
 
-  <p>Whenever the <code title=attr-object-data><a
-   href="#data">data</a></code> attribute changes, or, if the <code
-   title=attr-object-data><a href="#data">data</a></code> attribute is not
-   present, whenever the <code title=attr-object-type><a
+  <p>When the element is created, and subsequently whenever the <code
+   title=attr-object-data><a href="#data">data</a></code> attribute changes,
+   or, if the <code title=attr-object-data><a href="#data">data</a></code>
+   attribute is not present, whenever the <code title=attr-object-type><a
    href="#type6">type</a></code> attribute changes, the user agent must run
    the following steps to determine what the <code><a
    href="#object">object</a></code> element represents:
@@ -14372,15 +14372,13 @@
      element's <a href="#fallback">fallback content</a>.
   </ol>
 
-  <p>In the absence of other factors (such as style sheets), user agents must
-   show the user what the <code><a href="#object">object</a></code> element
-   represents. Thus, the contents of <code><a
+  <p>Due to the algorithm above, the contents of <code><a
    href="#object">object</a></code> elements act as <a
-   href="#fallback">fallback content</a>, to be used only when referenced
-   resources can't be shown (e.g. because it returned a 404 error). This
-   allows multiple <code><a href="#object">object</a></code> elements to be
-   nested inside each other, targeting multiple user agents with different
-   capabilities, with the user agent picking the best one it supports.
+   href="#fallback">fallback content</a>, used only when referenced resources
+   can't be shown (e.g. because it returned a 404 error). This allows
+   multiple <code><a href="#object">object</a></code> elements to be nested
+   inside each other, targeting multiple user agents with different
+   capabilities, with the user agent picking the first one it supports.
 
   <p>Whenever the <code title=attr-object-name><a
    href="#name2">name</a></code> attribute is set, if the <code><a

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-05-06 04:26:03 UTC (rev 1523)
+++ source	2008-05-06 04:43:09 UTC (rev 1524)
@@ -12194,12 +12194,12 @@
   attribute, if present, must be a <span>valid browsing context
   name</span>.</p>
 
-  <p>Whenever the <code title="attr-object-data">data</code> attribute
-  changes, or, if the <code title="attr-object-data">data</code>
-  attribute is not present, whenever the <code
-  title="attr-object-type">type</code> attribute changes, the user
-  agent must run the following steps to determine what the
-  <code>object</code> element represents:</p>
+  <p>When the element is created, and subsequently whenever the <code
+  title="attr-object-data">data</code> attribute changes, or, if the
+  <code title="attr-object-data">data</code> attribute is not present,
+  whenever the <code title="attr-object-type">type</code> attribute
+  changes, the user agent must run the following steps to determine
+  what the <code>object</code> element represents:</p>
 
   <ol>
 
@@ -12389,14 +12389,12 @@
 
   </ol>
 
-  <p>In the absence of other factors (such as style sheets), user
-  agents must show the user what the <code>object</code> element
-  represents. Thus, the contents of <code>object</code> elements act
-  as <span>fallback content</span>, to be used only when referenced
-  resources can't be shown (e.g. because it returned a 404
+  <p>Due to the algorithm above, the contents of <code>object</code>
+  elements act as <span>fallback content</span>, used only when
+  referenced resources can't be shown (e.g. because it returned a 404
   error). This allows multiple <code>object</code> elements to be
   nested inside each other, targeting multiple user agents with
-  different capabilities, with the user agent picking the best one it
+  different capabilities, with the user agent picking the first one it
   supports.</p>
 
   <p>Whenever the <code title="attr-object-name">name</code> attribute