[html5] r3381 - [e] (0) Further tweak the new warnings section; remove the specific mention of < [...]

whatwg at whatwg.org whatwg at whatwg.org
Wed Jul 8 12:42:10 PDT 2009


Author: ianh
Date: 2009-07-08 12:42:09 -0700 (Wed, 08 Jul 2009)
New Revision: 3381

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Further tweak the new warnings section; remove the specific mention of <caption> as an alternative to summary='', describe what <a name> was for, and require that conformance checkers not call docs with warnings an unqualified 'valid'.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-07-08 19:06:00 UTC (rev 3380)
+++ index	2009-07-08 19:42:09 UTC (rev 3381)
@@ -69867,16 +69867,19 @@
   of the <code title=attr-script-type><a href=#attr-script-type>type</a></code> attribute.</p>
 
   <p>Authors should not specify the <code title=attr-a-name><a href=#attr-a-name>name</a></code> attribute on <code><a href=#the-a-element>a</a></code>
-  elements. If the attribute is present, its value must not be the
-  empty string. The <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code> attribute should
-  be used instead.</p>
+  elements.If the attribute is present, its value must not be the
+  empty string. In earlier versions of the language, this attribute
+  served a similar role as the <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code>
+  attribute. The <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code> attribute should be
+  used instead.</p>
 
   <p>Authors should not specify the <dfn id=attr-table-summary title=attr-table-summary><code>summary</code></dfn> attribute on
   <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> elements. <!-- 2.65% pages --> This attribute was
   suggested in earlier versions of the language as a technique for
   providing explanatory text for complex tables for users of screen
-  readers. The <code><a href=#the-caption-element>caption</a></code> element or one of the other <a href=#table-descriptions>techniques</a> described in the
-  <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> section should be used instead.</p>
+  readers. One of the <a href=#table-descriptions>techniques</a>
+  described in the <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> section should be used
+  instead.</p>
 
 
   <div class=impl>
@@ -69919,9 +69922,17 @@
    <li><p>The presence of a <code title=attr-table-summary><a href=#attr-table-summary>summary</a></code> attribute on a
    <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> element.</li> <!-- 2.65% pages -->
 
-  </ul></div>
+  </ul><p>Conformance checkers must distinguish between pages that have no
+  conformance errors and have none of these obsolete features, and
+  pages that have no conformance errors but do have some of these
+  obsolete features.</p>
 
+  <p class=example>For example, a validator could report some pages
+  as "Valid HTML5" and others as "Valid HTML5 with warnings".</p>
 
+  </div>
+
+
   <h3 id=non-conforming-features><span class=secno>12.2 </span>Non-conforming features</h3>
 
   <p>Elements in the following list are entirely obsolete, and must

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-07-08 19:06:00 UTC (rev 3380)
+++ source	2009-07-08 19:42:09 UTC (rev 3381)
@@ -82402,18 +82402,20 @@
 
   <p>Authors should not specify the <code
   title="attr-a-name">name</code> attribute on <code>a</code>
-  elements. If the attribute is present, its value must not be the
-  empty string. The <code title="attr-id">id</code> attribute should
-  be used instead.</p>
+  elements.If the attribute is present, its value must not be the
+  empty string. In earlier versions of the language, this attribute
+  served a similar role as the <code title="attr-id">id</code>
+  attribute. The <code title="attr-id">id</code> attribute should be
+  used instead.</p>
 
   <p>Authors should not specify the <dfn
   title="attr-table-summary"><code>summary</code></dfn> attribute on
   <code>table</code> elements. <!-- 2.65% pages --> This attribute was
   suggested in earlier versions of the language as a technique for
   providing explanatory text for complex tables for users of screen
-  readers. The <code>caption</code> element or one of the other <a
-  href="#table-descriptions">techniques</a> described in the
-  <code>table</code> section should be used instead.</p>
+  readers. One of the <a href="#table-descriptions">techniques</a>
+  described in the <code>table</code> section should be used
+  instead.</p>
 
 
   <div class="impl">
@@ -82467,6 +82469,14 @@
 
   </ul>
 
+  <p>Conformance checkers must distinguish between pages that have no
+  conformance errors and have none of these obsolete features, and
+  pages that have no conformance errors but do have some of these
+  obsolete features.</p>
+
+  <p class="example">For example, a validator could report some pages
+  as "Valid HTML5" and others as "Valid HTML5 with warnings".</p>
+
   </div>
 
 




More information about the Commit-Watchers mailing list