[html5] r5213 - [e] (0) try to clarify this section a little

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Author: ianh
Date: 2010-07-27 17:01:15 -0700 (Tue, 27 Jul 2010)
New Revision: 5213

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) try to clarify this section a little

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2010-07-27 23:38:01 UTC (rev 5212)
+++ complete.html	2010-07-28 00:01:15 UTC (rev 5213)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG src=/images/logo></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1>Web Applications 1.0</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 27 July 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 28 July 2010</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -44383,7 +44383,9 @@
   owner</a> is said to be null.</p>
 
   <p>A <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> is, by default, associated
-  with its nearest ancestor <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element<span class=impl> (as described below)</span>, but may have a <dfn id=attr-fae-form title=attr-fae-form><code>form</code></dfn> attribute specified to
+  with its <span class=impl>nearest</span> ancestor
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element<span class=impl> (as described
+  below)</span>, but may have a <dfn id=attr-fae-form title=attr-fae-form><code>form</code></dfn> attribute specified to
   override this.</p>
 
   <p>If a <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> has a <code title=attr-fae-form><a href=#attr-fae-form>form</a></code> attribute specified, then its
@@ -44392,6 +44394,15 @@
 
   <div class=impl>
 
+  <p class=note>The rules in this section are complicated by the
+  fact that although conforming documents will never contain nested
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> elements, it is quite possible (e.g. using a
+  script that performs DOM manipulation) to generate documents that
+  have such nested elements. They are also complicated by rules in the
+  HTML parser that, for historical reasons, can result in a
+  <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> being associated with a
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element that is not its ancestor.</p>
+
   <p>When a <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> is created, its
   <a href=#form-owner>form owner</a> must be initialized to null (no owner).</p>
 

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2010-07-27 23:38:01 UTC (rev 5212)
+++ index	2010-07-28 00:01:15 UTC (rev 5213)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG src=/images/logo></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1>HTML5 (including next generation additions still in development)</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 27 July 2010</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Draft Standard — 28 July 2010</h2>
    </hgroup><p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
    <!--<p class="impl"><strong>Implementors!</strong> We have a <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#implementors">mailing list</a> for you too!</p>-->
@@ -44310,7 +44310,9 @@
   owner</a> is said to be null.</p>
 
   <p>A <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> is, by default, associated
-  with its nearest ancestor <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element<span class=impl> (as described below)</span>, but may have a <dfn id=attr-fae-form title=attr-fae-form><code>form</code></dfn> attribute specified to
+  with its <span class=impl>nearest</span> ancestor
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element<span class=impl> (as described
+  below)</span>, but may have a <dfn id=attr-fae-form title=attr-fae-form><code>form</code></dfn> attribute specified to
   override this.</p>
 
   <p>If a <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> has a <code title=attr-fae-form><a href=#attr-fae-form>form</a></code> attribute specified, then its
@@ -44319,6 +44321,15 @@
 
   <div class=impl>
 
+  <p class=note>The rules in this section are complicated by the
+  fact that although conforming documents will never contain nested
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> elements, it is quite possible (e.g. using a
+  script that performs DOM manipulation) to generate documents that
+  have such nested elements. They are also complicated by rules in the
+  HTML parser that, for historical reasons, can result in a
+  <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> being associated with a
+  <code><a href=#the-form-element>form</a></code> element that is not its ancestor.</p>
+
   <p>When a <a href=#form-associated-element>form-associated element</a> is created, its
   <a href=#form-owner>form owner</a> must be initialized to null (no owner).</p>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2010-07-27 23:38:01 UTC (rev 5212)
+++ source	2010-07-28 00:01:15 UTC (rev 5213)
@@ -49683,8 +49683,9 @@
   owner</span> is said to be null.</p>
 
   <p>A <span>form-associated element</span> is, by default, associated
-  with its nearest ancestor <code>form</code> element<span
-  class="impl"> (as described below)</span>, but may have a <dfn
+  with its <span class="impl">nearest</span> ancestor
+  <code>form</code> element<span class="impl"> (as described
+  below)</span>, but may have a <dfn
   title="attr-fae-form"><code>form</code></dfn> attribute specified to
   override this.</p>
 
@@ -49695,6 +49696,15 @@
 
   <div class="impl">
 
+  <p class="note">The rules in this section are complicated by the
+  fact that although conforming documents will never contain nested
+  <code>form</code> elements, it is quite possible (e.g. using a
+  script that performs DOM manipulation) to generate documents that
+  have such nested elements. They are also complicated by rules in the
+  HTML parser that, for historical reasons, can result in a
+  <span>form-associated element</span> being associated with a
+  <code>form</code> element that is not its ancestor.</p>
+
   <p>When a <span>form-associated element</span> is created, its
   <span>form owner</span> must be initialized to null (no owner).</p>