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Bug 12005 - It would be nice if "constructing the form data set" was an actual algorithm term and included the steps before about gathering the controls associated with the form. That way FormData(HTMLFormElement) is easier to define. And I like easy.
Summary: It would be nice if "constructing the form data set" was an actual algorithm ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (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: 2011-02-08 09:12 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-04 05:03 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-02-08 09:12:37 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#constructing-form-data-set

Comment:
It would be nice if "constructing the form data set" was an actual algorithm
term and included the steps before about gathering the controls associated
with the form. That way FormData(HTMLFormElement) is easier to define. And I
like easy.

Posted from: 95.34.115.33 by annevk@opera.com
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-03-04 01:13:51 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 2 contributor 2011-03-04 01:14:44 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5937.
Check-in comment: Abstract out an algorithm for Anne.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5936&to=5937
Comment 3 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:03:26 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1