[html5] r7872 - [e] (0) Clarify IDs are not restricted. Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/sh [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2013-05-30 14:59:36 -0700 (Thu, 30 May 2013)
New Revision: 7872

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Clarify IDs are not restricted.
Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21282
Affected topics: HTML

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2013-05-28 22:57:15 UTC (rev 7871)
+++ complete.html	2013-05-30 21:59:36 UTC (rev 7872)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 28 May 2013</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 30 May 2013</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -9413,6 +9413,10 @@
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class=note>There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class=note>An element's <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>unique identifier</a> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -101633,6 +101637,7 @@
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2013-05-28 22:57:15 UTC (rev 7871)
+++ index	2013-05-30 21:59:36 UTC (rev 7872)
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 28 May 2013</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 30 May 2013</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -9413,6 +9413,10 @@
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class=note>There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class=note>An element's <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>unique identifier</a> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -101633,6 +101637,7 @@
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2013-05-28 22:57:15 UTC (rev 7871)
+++ source	2013-05-30 21:59:36 UTC (rev 7872)
@@ -9276,6 +9276,10 @@
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class="note">There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class="note">An element's <span title="concept-id">unique identifier</span> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -114100,6 +114104,7 @@
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,