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Bug 14212 - LinkStyle usage means mandatory dependency on CSSOM types
Summary: LinkStyle usage means mandatory dependency on CSSOM types
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2011-09-19 07:56 UTC by Glenn Adams
Modified: 2011-10-21 07:39 UTC (History)
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Description Glenn Adams 2011-09-19 07:56:53 UTC
at present, the following normative statements in HTML5 effectively translate to mandating all of the interfaces defined by CSSOM (or at least those transitively reachable via LinkStyle):

4.2.4 HTMLLinkElement implements LinkStyle
4.2.7 The style and link elements implement the LinkStyle interface. [CSSOM]
7.2.6 HTMLStyleElement implements LinkStyle

as such, all of the (transitively reachable) interfaces of CSSOM will need to be listed in 2.2.2 Dependencies;

since they are not listed in 2.2.2, I wonder if it was really the intention of the editors to establish this hard linkage to CSSOM interface types; if it was not the intention, then I would suggest moving the above normative statements into CSSOM itself, or restating in a manner that does not necessitate the logical dependency
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-10-20 21:42:54 UTC
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Added explicit mention of CSSOM dependency.
Comment 2 contributor 2011-10-20 21:47:47 UTC
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6716.
Check-in comment: xref
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6715&to=6716
Comment 3 Glenn Adams 2011-10-21 07:39:53 UTC
thanks