[whatwg] WA1: <meta> attribute requirements

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote:
> Ian Hickson wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote:
> > 
> > > HTML 4 #REQUIREs the 'content' attribute for <meta>. It does not 
> > > require 'name' probably only because the DTD can't express a 
> > > requirement of "either 'name' or 'http-equiv'": as WA1 notes, a 
> > > <meta> element without a 'name' attribute isn't defining any meta 
> > > data. Is there a reason why these attributes are nonetheless all 
> > > optional in WA1?
> > 
> > What would it mean for them to be required?
> 
> It would mean that leaving the attribute out violates a conformance 
> requirement, making the document non-conformant.

...the advantage of which being...?

I don't understand the point in making this code:

   // this element will be used later
   var meta = document.createElement('meta');

...non-conformant.

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