Ian, Doug,
On Jan 8, 2007, at 5:08 PM, ext Ian Hickson wrote:
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Doug Schepers wrote:
"XBL cannot be used to give a document new semantics. The meaning
of a
document is not changed by any bindings that are associated with it,
only its presentation and interactive behavior."
It's not clear why this statement is included, what it means
It means that if I bind something to:
<p>This is an example paragraph.</p>
...it doesn't stop being a paragraph.
or that it's provably accurate.
It is a statement of fact: since there is no feature in XBL that
changes
semantics, it is impossible for XBL to change semantics.
FWIW, the first time I read those two statements I said "hmmm" to
myself, "noodled" on it a bit and then concluded "well, duh, of
course XBL cannot give a document new semantics". I don't know why
the reader would think that XBL could give the document new semantics.
Thus I tend to agree with Doug that those two statements are not
needed. OTOH, I don't think those statements are particularly harmful
but rather view them as stating the obvious.
Regards,
Art Barstow
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