On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:48:57 +0100, Ian Hickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Tim Altman wrote:
May OBJECT and CANVAS be treated as empty elements, i.e. <canvas /> and
<object /> if there is no fallback content?
I don't understand your question.
Let me rephrase: Is it valid for the object and canvas elements use the
empty element syntax?
If you mean "Can the string '<object/>' be treated as an empty element
tag", the answer is no.
You seem to have answered my question here. Why not?
[...]
Is fallback content required on OBJECT and CANVAS?
Just like with <img alt="">, the lack of fallback content on either of
these would merely indicate that they were semantically neutral and not
conveying any extra information. For example:
<h1>The foobar</h1>
<p>The foobar is a green circle.</p>
<p><object data="greencircle.png"></object></p>
There is no fallback here because it would be redundant -- the image
paragraph is merely repeating the previous paragraph for emphasis in
visual media.
Right.
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Tim Altman
