On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Cyril Concolato wrote:
In Section 3.2.2 "Scripting Model", it is difficult to know what is
being defined by XBL, what is defined by other standards, what is common
practice on the Web but not standard ... For instance the first sentence
says: "Each document that runs script [...] must have a Window object".
This does not seem true in general. Is it a special requirement for XBL
UA. Rephrase the sentence possibly using MUST.
Actually it is true in general, but the XBL spec shouldn't be defining
this. It should be defined by [Window] or [HTML5]. Unfortunately neither
of those is done yet.
What is the status of the second sentence ? Is it requiring that in XBL
that the scopes of script is the Window object or is it restating a
general rule of the Web. If the latter provide a link to the
specification or the former clarify.
It's, again, something that isn't yet defined.
What is the definition of "security context" ? Please provide a link.
As the spec said:
"Security contexts are (or will be) described in the HTML5 specification."
I've added "scripting contexts" to that sentence.
This is a bit of a messy area, but I'm not sure what we can do that is
better than this. Any ideas?
I think there should be at least an editor note explaining that the XBL
spec is here specifying common practice that is not written in stone
and not really XBL-specific but is normatively needed for XBL to work
properly and that this will be moved to other specifications when they
are ready. 