[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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