[whatwg] [wf2] some comments on DOM interface section

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Wed Nov 30 15:05:12 PST 2005


On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
>
> Quoting Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch>:
> > I suppose I _could_ copy the definition over but that seems like more work
> > than it is worth, really.
> 
> Just add to <http://whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/#terminology>:
> 
> # The term <dfn>reflect</dfn> in normative contexts is used as
> # defined in [HTML5].

This would pose a problem moving forward with WF2 in contexts that do not 
yet recognise WA1 as a valid specification in its own right.

Since everyone understands what it means, it seems simplest for now to 
simply leave the spec as is. I would argue that it is obvious what 
"reflect" means in this context.

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