[whatwg] Citing multiple <blockquote> elements in HTML5

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Tue Dec 2 22:09:29 PST 2008


On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Calogero Alex Baldacchino wrote:
> Ian Hickson ha scritto:
> > Exactly how getElementById() works is out of scope for HTML5, but in the Web
> > DOM Core spec that Simon is working on I imagine he has specced that it will
> > pick the first element with a matching ID or some such behavior.
>
> Is it thought as a somewhat break with w3c DOM Core (e.g. redefining 
> interfaces with somehow different properties), as a substitute, or there 
> will be continuity (e.g. inheriting and overriding methods to redefine 
> their behaviours)?

It's intended as a replacement for DOM3 Core, I believe.

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