[html5] r1583 - /

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Author: ianh
Date: 2008-05-09 00:52:23 -0700 (Fri, 09 May 2008)
New Revision: 1583

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[c] (0) Clarify where elements can be used; explicitly allow orphan nodes.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-05-09 07:36:34 UTC (rev 1582)
+++ index	2008-05-09 07:52:23 UTC (rev 1583)
@@ -6222,11 +6222,11 @@
    there are no other element nodes or text nodes (other than <a
    href="#inter-element">inter-element whitespace</a>) between them.
 
-  <p>Authors must only use <a href="#elements1">elements in the HTML
-   namespace</a> in the contexts where they are allowed, as defined for each
-   element. For XML compound documents, these contexts could be inside
-   elements from other namespaces, if those elements are defined as providing
-   the relevant contexts.
+  <p>Authors must not use <a href="#elements1">elements in the HTML
+   namespace</a> anywhere except where they are explicitly allowed, as
+   defined for each element. For XML compound documents, these contexts could
+   be inside elements from other namespaces, if those elements are defined as
+   providing the relevant contexts.
 
   <div class=example>
    <p>The SVG specification defines the SVG <code>foreignObject</code>
@@ -6240,6 +6240,21 @@
     <code>foreignObject</code> element is conforming.</p>
   </div>
 
+  <p>In addition, <a href="#elements1">elements in the HTML namespace</a> may
+   be orphan nodes (i.e. without a parent node).
+
+  <div class=example>
+   <p>For example, creating a <code><a href="#td">td</a></code> element and
+    storing it in a global variable in a script is conforming, even though
+    <code><a href="#td">td</a></code> elements are otherwise only supposed to
+    be used inside <code><a href="#tr">tr</a></code> elements.</p>
+
+   <pre>var data = {
+  name: "Banana",
+  cell: document.createElement('td'), 
+};</pre>
+  </div>
+
   <h4 id=kinds><span class=secno>3.3.3 </span>Kinds of content</h4>
 
   <p>Each element in HTML falls into zero or more categories that group

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-05-09 07:36:34 UTC (rev 1582)
+++ source	2008-05-09 07:52:23 UTC (rev 1583)
@@ -4722,11 +4722,11 @@
   and there are no other element nodes or text nodes (other than
   <span>inter-element whitespace</span>) between them.</p>
 
-  <p>Authors must only use <span>elements in the HTML namespace</span>
-  in the contexts where they are allowed, as defined for each
-  element. For XML compound documents, these contexts could be inside
-  elements from other namespaces, if those elements are defined as
-  providing the relevant contexts.</p>
+  <p>Authors must not use <span>elements in the HTML namespace</span>
+  anywhere except where they are explicitly allowed, as defined for
+  each element. For XML compound documents, these contexts could be
+  inside elements from other namespaces, if those elements are defined
+  as providing the relevant contexts.</p>
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>The SVG specification defines the SVG <code>foreignObject</code>
@@ -4740,8 +4740,25 @@
    conforming.</p>
   </div>
 
+  <p>In addition, <span>elements in the HTML namespace</span> may be
+  orphan nodes (i.e. without a parent node).</p>
 
+  <div class="example">
 
+   <p>For example, creating a <code>td</code> element and storing it
+   in a global variable in a script is conforming, even though
+   <code>td</code> elements are otherwise only supposed to be used
+   inside <code>tr</code> elements.</p>
+
+   <pre>var data = {
+  name: "Banana",
+  cell: document.createElement('td'), 
+};</pre>
+
+  </div>
+
+
+
   <h4>Kinds of content</h4>
 
   <p>Each element in HTML falls into zero or more categories that