[html5] r6214 - [e] (0) Explain noscript's non-xml support. Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2011-06-10 15:48:20 -0700 (Fri, 10 Jun 2011)
New Revision: 6214

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Explain noscript's non-xml support.
Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12741

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2011-06-10 22:44:49 UTC (rev 6213)
+++ complete.html	2011-06-10 22:48:20 UTC (rev 6214)
@@ -16706,9 +16706,12 @@
   <p>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element must not be used in <a href=#xml-documents>XML
   documents</a>.</p>
 
-  <p class=note><strong>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element is only
-  effective in <a href=#syntax>the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in
-  <a href=#the-xhtml-syntax>the XHTML syntax</a>.</strong></p>
+  <p class=note>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element is only effective
+  in <a href=#syntax>the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in <a href=#the-xhtml-syntax>the XHTML
+  syntax</a>. This is because the way it works is by essentially
+  "turning off" the parser when scripts are enabled, so that the
+  contents of the element are treated as pure text and not as real
+  elements. XML does not define a mechanism by which to do this.</p>
 
   <div class=impl>
 

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2011-06-10 22:44:49 UTC (rev 6213)
+++ index	2011-06-10 22:48:20 UTC (rev 6214)
@@ -16696,9 +16696,12 @@
   <p>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element must not be used in <a href=#xml-documents>XML
   documents</a>.</p>
 
-  <p class=note><strong>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element is only
-  effective in <a href=#syntax>the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in
-  <a href=#the-xhtml-syntax>the XHTML syntax</a>.</strong></p>
+  <p class=note>The <code><a href=#the-noscript-element>noscript</a></code> element is only effective
+  in <a href=#syntax>the HTML syntax</a>, it has no effect in <a href=#the-xhtml-syntax>the XHTML
+  syntax</a>. This is because the way it works is by essentially
+  "turning off" the parser when scripts are enabled, so that the
+  contents of the element are treated as pure text and not as real
+  elements. XML does not define a mechanism by which to do this.</p>
 
   <div class=impl>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2011-06-10 22:44:49 UTC (rev 6213)
+++ source	2011-06-10 22:48:20 UTC (rev 6214)
@@ -18030,9 +18030,12 @@
   <p>The <code>noscript</code> element must not be used in <span>XML
   documents</span>.</p>
 
-  <p class="note"><strong>The <code>noscript</code> element is only
-  effective in <span>the HTML syntax</span>, it has no effect in
-  <span>the XHTML syntax</span>.</strong></p>
+  <p class="note">The <code>noscript</code> element is only effective
+  in <span>the HTML syntax</span>, it has no effect in <span>the XHTML
+  syntax</span>. This is because the way it works is by essentially
+  "turning off" the parser when scripts are enabled, so that the
+  contents of the element are treated as pure text and not as real
+  elements. XML does not define a mechanism by which to do this.</p>
 
   <div class="impl">