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Bug 6898 - Case shifting terminology is confusing
Summary: Case shifting terminology is confusing
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (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: 2009-05-11 08:22 UTC by James Graham
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:56 UTC (History)
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Description James Graham 2009-05-11 08:22:37 UTC
"lowercase" is often used in the spec in a way that means "ascii lowercase". Although it is well defined, people are unlikely to look at the definition since "lowercase" is such a common term. It would be much less error-prone if the spec said "ascii lowercase" when that is what it means. The same applies to the use of the term "uppercase".
Comment 1 Maciej Stachowiak 2010-03-14 14:48:08 UTC
This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy.

If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, 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:
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.