Re: [whatwg] content models clarity
On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Rikkert Koppes wrote: The content models [1] section is pretty clear, however, whenever one wants to know which elements fall into a specific content model, one has to look at the categories definition of each element. A (possibly non normative) overview would be helpful. I understand it is repeating information, hence possibly leading to conflicts when not paying attention while editing, but I think it would clarify a lot. Consider a similar overview to the one found in [2] listing the applicable attributes to various input types. I've added a list of all the elements that apply to each category by the definition of that category. Let me know if this doesn't solve the issue. Cheers, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E)\._.,--,'``.fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A/, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
[whatwg] content models clarity
The content models [1] section is pretty clear, however, whenever one wants to know which elements fall into a specific content model, one has to look at the categories definition of each element. A (possibly non normative) overview would be helpful. I understand it is repeating information, hence possibly leading to conflicts when not paying attention while editing, but I think it would clarify a lot. Consider a similar overview to the one found in [2] listing the applicable attributes to various input types. [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/dom.html#content-models [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#the-input-element Regards, Rikkert Koppes
Re: [whatwg] content models clarity
On 6 Mar 2009, at 11:53, Rikkert Koppes wrote: The content models [1] section is pretty clear, however, whenever one wants to know which elements fall into a specific content model, one has to look at the categories definition of each element. A (possibly non normative) overview would be helpful. I understand it is repeating information, hence possibly leading to conflicts when not paying attention while editing, but I think it would clarify a lot. Consider a similar overview to the one found in [2] listing the applicable attributes to various input types. [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/dom.html#content-models [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/forms.html#the-input-element It is intended that such a thing be part of the as-of-yet unwritten index. -- Geoffrey Sneddon http://gsnedders.com/
