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Bug 10062 - "If the attribute is specified, the attribute's value must be the ID of a . . ." No algorithm is given for what it means to "be the ID" of an element.
Summary: "If the attribute is specified, the attribute's value must be the ID of a . ....
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-07-01 21:18 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:56 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-07-01 21:18:16 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#attr-label-for

Comment:
"If the attribute is specified, the attribute's value must be the ID of a . .
." No algorithm is given for what it means to "be the ID" of an element.

Posted from: 68.175.61.233
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-07-01 21:20:58 UTC 
I should xref the various mentions of "ID" while I'm at it.
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-28 04:57:28 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: I've cross-referenced the word "ID" in that paragraph to its definition. Is it clear now?
Comment 3 contributor 2010-08-28 04:58:08 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5390.
Check-in comment: xref ID. Let me know if I xreffed any that should not have been.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5389&to=5390
Comment 4 Aryeh Gregor 2010-08-29 16:35:22 UTC 
The question that spawned this is someone in #whatwg asking whether ID's are case-sensitive -- e.g., if <label for="foo"> is associated with something that has id="FOO".  Since then, you've added the text "Except where otherwise stated, string comparisons must be performed in a case-sensitive manner", so I think this is clear enough by now.  To be slightly clearer, you could change all instances of "to be the ID of X" to read "to be equal to the ID of X", but I don't think it's necessary.