[whatwg] Is <main> now an official HTML5 element?

[Ian Yang]

Hi Aurelio,

I see. So whatwg mainly focus on the development of HTML and APIs needed
for web applications. Thank you very much.

Kind Regards,
Ian

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Aurelio De Rosa <aurelioderosa at gmail.com>wrote:

> I think this should answer your question:
>
> http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_WHATWG.3F
>
> Best regards
>
>
> 2013/2/14 Ian Yang <ian at invigoreight.com>
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Thanks. And sorry, but til now I still don't understand the differences
>> between whatwg and html wg. Could you please explain?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ian
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Steve Faulkner
>> <faulkner.steve at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Ian,
>> >
>> > I cannot speak for whatwg, but from the W3C HTML spec side the main
>> element
>> > is in the HTML 5.1 spec and has been implemented in browsers and so
>> will be
>> > added to HTML5 spec at some point as it likely meets the CR exit
>> criteria.
>> >
>> > as for it being a sectioning element, there is currently an open bug on
>> > that, which we be dealt with.
>> >
>> > If you want to discuss the specification of the main element in HTML 5.1
>> > specification feel free mail the html wg list. If you want to discuss
>> > definition as per the whatwg spec this is the place, although I will
>> > obviously follow ant discussions with interest
>> >
>> > regards
>> > SteveF
>> >
>> >
>> > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:31:32 +0800
>> > > From: Ian Yang <ian at invigoreight.com>
>> > > To: whatwg <whatwg at whatwg.org>
>> > > Subject: [whatwg] Is <main> now an official HTML5 element?
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>> >
>> > Hi editors and all other folks,
>> >
>> > I saw the SitePoint article "Introducing the New HTML5 <main>
>> > Element<http://www.sitepoint.com/html5-main-element/>"
>> > yesterday. Does that mean <main> element has been approved by all
>> editors
>> > of the working group?
>> >
>> > However, in spec, it still says that <main> element is not a sectioning
>> > element. That means, in document outline, main content will form another
>> > tree structure instead of appearing under the original website tree
>> > structure. Can we have somebody advise on this? Is there a special
>> > consideration to not making <main> a sectioning element?
>> >
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Ian Yan
>> >
>>
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