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Bug 9743 - I misread this initially as pubdate or pubdate="pubdate" were allowed, then as pubdate="" or pubdate="pubdate" were allowed. providing an example of all three styles would be great
Summary: I misread this initially as pubdate or pubdate="pubdate" were allowed, then a...
Status: RESOLVED 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: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-05-17 08:47 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:30 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-05-17 08:47:01 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#boolean-attributes

Comment:
I misread this initially as pubdate or pubdate="pubdate" were allowed, then as
pubdate="" or pubdate="pubdate" were allowed. providing an example of all
three styles would be great

Posted from: 222.147.252.201 by w3.org@boblet.net
Comment 1 Oli Studholme 2010-05-17 08:59:03 UTC 
OK, this probably should have said something like “please provide examples of acceptable ways to write boolean attributes, and link to http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete/syntax.html#attributes-0 to provide more info”

Apparently this is because it’s stated in terms of the DOM, not in terms authors typically think about it (thanks Mike)
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-25 00:15:26 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: I don't understand. pubdate, pubdate="pubdate", and pubdate="" are all allowed. What's wrong?

I've added some examples for boolean attributes, are they enough?
Comment 3 Oli Studholme 2010-08-25 01:47:36 UTC 
the lack of examples meant it was unclear that four different styles were valid. The examples you added make it much clearer, thanks. It would still be nice to link to 12.1.2.3, but I think its clear enough as it is