[html5] r3900 - [e] (0) More editorial tweaks to the updated history section.

[whatwg at whatwg.org]

Author: ianh
Date: 2009-09-18 01:57:42 -0700 (Fri, 18 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 3900

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) More editorial tweaks to the updated history section.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-09-18 08:48:48 UTC (rev 3899)
+++ index	2009-09-18 08:57:42 UTC (rev 3900)
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@
 
   <p>At this time, the W3C membership decided to stop evolving HTML
   and instead begin work on an XML-based equivalent, called
-  XHTML. This effort started with a reforumlation of HTML4 in XML,
+  XHTML. This effort started with a reformulation of HTML4 in XML,
   known as XHTML 1.0, which added no new features except the new
   serialization, and which was completed in 2000. After XHTML 1.0, the
   W3C's focus turned to making it easier for other working groups to
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@
   XHTML2.</p>
 
   <p>Around the time that HTML's evolution was stopped in 1998, parts
-  of the API for HTML developed by browsers were specified and
+  of the API for HTML developed by browser vendors were specified and
   published under the name DOM Level 1 (in 1998) and DOM Level 2 Core
   and DOM Level 2 HTML (starting in 2000 and culminating in
   2003). These efforts then petered out, with some DOM Level 3
@@ -1199,10 +1199,11 @@
   instead.</p>
 
   <p>Shortly thereafter, Apple, Mozilla, and Opera jointly announced
-  their intent to continue working on the effort. A public mailing
-  list was created, and the drafts were moved to the WHATWG site. The
-  copyright was subsequently amended to be jointly owned by all three
-  vendors, and to allow reuse of the specifications.</p>
+  their intent to continue working on the effort under the umbrella of
+  a new venue called the WHATWG. A public mailing list was created,
+  and the draft was moved to the WHATWG site. The copyright was
+  subsequently amended to be jointly owned by all three vendors, and
+  to allow reuse of the specification.</p>
 
   <p>The WHATWG was based on several core principles, in particular
   that technologies need to be backwards compatible, that
@@ -1216,7 +1217,7 @@
   the HTML5 specification include what had previously been specified
   in three separate documents: HTML4, XHTML1, and DOM2 HTML. It also
   meant including significantly more detail than had previously been
-  included.</p>
+  considered the norm.</p>
 
   <p>In 2006, the W3C indicated an interest to participate in the
   development of HTML5 after all, and in 2007 formed a working group

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-09-18 08:48:48 UTC (rev 3899)
+++ source	2009-09-18 08:57:42 UTC (rev 3900)
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 
   <p>At this time, the W3C membership decided to stop evolving HTML
   and instead begin work on an XML-based equivalent, called
-  XHTML. This effort started with a reforumlation of HTML4 in XML,
+  XHTML. This effort started with a reformulation of HTML4 in XML,
   known as XHTML 1.0, which added no new features except the new
   serialization, and which was completed in 2000. After XHTML 1.0, the
   W3C's focus turned to making it easier for other working groups to
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
   XHTML2.</p>
 
   <p>Around the time that HTML's evolution was stopped in 1998, parts
-  of the API for HTML developed by browsers were specified and
+  of the API for HTML developed by browser vendors were specified and
   published under the name DOM Level 1 (in 1998) and DOM Level 2 Core
   and DOM Level 2 HTML (starting in 2000 and culminating in
   2003). These efforts then petered out, with some DOM Level 3
@@ -153,10 +153,11 @@
   instead.</p>
 
   <p>Shortly thereafter, Apple, Mozilla, and Opera jointly announced
-  their intent to continue working on the effort. A public mailing
-  list was created, and the drafts were moved to the WHATWG site. The
-  copyright was subsequently amended to be jointly owned by all three
-  vendors, and to allow reuse of the specifications.</p>
+  their intent to continue working on the effort under the umbrella of
+  a new venue called the WHATWG. A public mailing list was created,
+  and the draft was moved to the WHATWG site. The copyright was
+  subsequently amended to be jointly owned by all three vendors, and
+  to allow reuse of the specification.</p>
 
   <p>The WHATWG was based on several core principles, in particular
   that technologies need to be backwards compatible, that
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@
   the HTML5 specification include what had previously been specified
   in three separate documents: HTML4, XHTML1, and DOM2 HTML. It also
   meant including significantly more detail than had previously been
-  included.</p>
+  considered the norm.</p>
 
   <p>In 2006, the W3C indicated an interest to participate in the
   development of HTML5 after all, and in 2007 formed a working group