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3.2.6 Requirements relating to bidirectional-algorithm formatting characters http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/content-models.html#requirements-relating-to-bidirectional-algorithm-formatting-characters This note: -- For convenience, where possible authors will likely prefer to use the dir attribute, the bdo element, and the bdi element, rather than maintaining the bidirectional-algorithm formatting characters manually. -- We would prefer if it were rephrased slightly to read: -- For convenience, where possible authors should use the dir attribute, the bdo element, and the bdi element, rather than maintaining the bidirectional-algorithm formatting characters manually. -- We would also like it to be removed from a note and made normative (hence the use of "should").
"should" means that it's a requirement. If it's a requirement, it's not for convenience. Why would we make it a requirement?
(In reply to comment #1) > "should" means that it's a requirement. If it's a requirement, it's not for > convenience. Why would we make it a requirement? Indeed it is normative (and we noted that in our comment). Since this directed at authors as a requirement upon them. The weasel wording surrounding the normative SHOULD will not be ignored ;-)
Yes but why?
This bug was cloned to create bug 17866 as part of operation convergence.
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