IRC log of xhtml on 2008-12-03

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Meeting: XHTML2 Working Group Teleconference
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Date: 03 December 2008
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chair: Roland_Merrick
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Regrets: Mark_Birbeck, Steven
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agenda: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Dec/0001.html
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Previous: http://www.w3.org/2008/11/26-xhtml-minutes.html
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scribe: Gregory_Rosmaita
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ScribeNick: oedipus
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Agenda Planning Tracker: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/agenda
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+Gregory_Rosmaita
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+Roland
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+ShaneM
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+??P3
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-ShaneM
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bluetooth problems mbe omp
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zakim, ??P3 is Markus_Gylling
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+Markus_Gylling; got it
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+ShaneM
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TOPIC: Announcements, News, Hot Topics, Agenda Review
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Agenda Planning Tracker: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/agenda
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-ShaneM
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low tech crap
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+ShaneM
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RM: brief update on CURIE syntax - had transition call yesterday, got ok to transition, still paperwork to be done, should move forward
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TOPIC: Oustanding Actions - http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/actions/open
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RM: XML Events haven't done; DOM discussed yesterday - will include action 40 in status update for HTC
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s/XML Events/XML Events 2
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RM: features document?
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SM: none are completed unless marked "pending review"
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RM: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/actions/11 - policy statement on migration and inclusion
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SM: started to do, but could decide where to put
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RM: isn't there another action for that
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RM: close action 11
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RM: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/actions/18 - changes in Mime document
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RM: substantive note from Tina - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Nov/0032.html
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SM: would rather do when tina here
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RM: if no tina at meeting, please respond on-list
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RM: action 18 should be closed
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RM: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/tracker/actions/33 - should be closed
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RESOLVED: Actions 11, 13 and 18 are closed
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RM: action 13 might be worth some discussion
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SM: delegated it; will ping and update
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RM: action 15 - not have separate implements module - fold into XHTML2 - is that correct?
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SM: made note to that effect in action
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SM: leave action until finished
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RM: action item from GJR - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Dec/0000.html
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GJR: pf said: "The word "similar" was inserted to satisfy general requirements for HTML processing, since the Role module includes low-level processing specifics, which can't be ported to HTML5; therefore, in order to enable ARIA in HTML5 it is necessary to define low-level DOM parsing whilst still accepting same content, with same accessibility result. Of course, if one is using XHTML2 to author a document, then that author would and SHOULD use the Role Module
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RM: all ARIA attributes can be used without prefix; defined for us and in XHTML vocab
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RM: for ARIA terms there is no namespaced vocabulary
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GJR: agree with RM, think that PF punted
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SM: don't know what is going to be in HTML5
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GJR: HTML5 e.t.a. is 2012 at earliest
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RM: carry on and ignore -- given WAI everything asked for; shouldn't waste our cycles on this
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RM: de facto implementation of HTML5 by developers
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RM: happy to consider item complete
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SM: during LC review, can submit formal objection because should be using Role attribute PF helped define
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GJR: would support that
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+??P4
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RM: any other actions finished?
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zakim, ??P4 is Alessio
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+Alessio; got it
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zakim, ??P4 is Alessio
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I already had ??P4 as Alessio, alessio
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TOPIC: Access Module
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RM: waiting for comments
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GJR: i18n issues?
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I'll send my comments on the ACCESS module by Monday
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SM: comment from forms; Steven brought up in Forms WG - John Boyer (chair) supposed to send us note; can live with it if multiple IDs in XForms and XHTML2 synced; thing XForms comment closed
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RM: can close XForms comment
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RM: action 35 is complete
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SM: everything regards Access closed out; implementation report and disposition of comments all ready; need to wait until CURIEs reaches CR for this to reach CR because references CURIE
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RM: same with Role?
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SM: yes, not certain if SP has sent in transition request for the 3
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RM: haven't seen them
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RM: resolved to request CR Transition [http://www.w3.org/2008/10/23-xhtml-minutes.html#item06]
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TOPIC: XML Events 2: status?
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Drafts/#xml-events2
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Nov/0018.html
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RM: discussed last week - going back to DOM2 - have to inspect DOM2 spec - anyone done that?
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SM: no
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GJR: no
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TOPIC: XHTML MIME type: Status?
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Drafts/#xhtmlmime
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RM: need to get done for XHTML 1.0 SE and 1.1 PER will point to that
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SM: issue: XML 1.0 Fifth Edition became a rec yesterday
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SM: changes rules / definition of ID - changes what chars are legal in ID; historically have just transitioned to current version of XML (any recs we put out use current XML edition), but what are rammifications of changing @id to make more inclusive - with our documents, some point to fourth edition, some to fifth
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RM: reads errata for fourth edition
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Before the fifth edition, XML 1.0 was explicitly based on Unicode 2.0. As of the fifth edition, it is based on Unicode 5.0.0 or later. This effectively allows not only characters used today, but also characters that will be used tomorrow.
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RM: due to unicode changes?
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SM: previously malformed documents now ok; invalid documents now valid -- don't understand
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RM: main characters has changed
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http://blog.jclark.com/2008/10/xml-10-5th-edition.html
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MG: there is a blog entry from James Clark explaining why he thinks fifth edition broken - was controversial
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SM: jame's blog is exactly what i thought/concluded
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SM: good news (sort of) - always made dated references to 1.0 (reference edition numbers); we are dependent upon namespaces, and they are not referenced
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SM: don't understand rammifications, but they keep me awake at night
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RM: if stay with Fourth Edition, and say that those in Fifth Edition are ok, but a SUB-SET of those in Fourth Edition
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SM: hope change is forward compatible
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RM: should leave the pointer alone for XML Fourth Edition
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RM: if get through PR review and asked why not Fifth, we say "prove to us won't cause problems"
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SM: reasonable
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GJR: plus 1
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+1
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RM: keep status quo: publish our specs pointing to XML 1.0 Fourth Edition, until becomes an issue, if becomes and issue
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Nov/0018.html
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Nov/0032.html
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SM: major change is unicode related
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TOPIC: Notes from Tina on XHTML Mime
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RM: same mistakes i had found
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SM: fixed broken internal links
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SM: compatibility guidelines: i know what problem i was trying to solve with sentence in question: remind validation people at W3C that shouldn't validate against this
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RM: could be useful to remind of constraints
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for tina and all... I write a note (in italian) on IWA Italy's blog related to tina's article: http://blog.iwa.it/varie/xhtml-basta-con-la-mitologia/
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SM: don't like suggested wording: is a non-sequitor
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SM: "TOPIC: XHTML MIME type: Status?
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http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Drafts/#xhtmlmime
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Tina's comment: ""It contains no absolute requirements, and should NEVER be used as
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the basis for creating conformance nor validation rules of any sort.
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Period.""
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RM: constraint over and above language definition; could write style guide
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RM: replace paragraph with something less dogmatic
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SM: accept suggestion for example 3 - don't use P
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RM: "A.4. Embedded Style Sheets and Scripts
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RM: didn't we originally say to avoid inline style and scripts?
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SM: she's attempting to make more assertive, i believe
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SM: trying to explain why suggested trick for embedding works
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SM: we can explain that
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RM: make clear that is explanation; don't have to if don't want to
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SM: A.5 - generic advice; i think has to do with XML versus HTML
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"This sounds like generic advice for writing markup, rather then something relevant to the differences between XHTML and HTML. I could be mistaken and would welcome pointers to the relevant parts of the specifications if so."
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RM: might be useful if each of these assertions in A.5 are linked
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SM: they are
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RM: don't show in ToC
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SM: no don't show in ToC
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RM: linebreak attribute values
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SM: in XML attribute values are ...
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MG: whitespace neutralized?
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SM: yes
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RM: isn't that part of rationale? ensure on single line isn't bad advice
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SM: don't remember why did in first place - tina wants rationale - thought had to do with whitespace normalization
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If the attribute type is not CDATA, then the XML processor MUST further process the normalized attribute value by discarding any leading and trailing space (#x20) characters, and by replacing sequences of space (#x20) characters by a single space (#x20) character.
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MG: section 3.3.3 of XML spec
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MG: depends on type of attribute; if not CDATA discusses discarding leading and trailing space
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RM: option for class as well?
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s/class/collapse
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MG: 3.3.3 says replace XML def of whitespace by single space only; linebreaks "normalized" to single space, leading or trailing
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SM: section 2.1.1 on end of line handling
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SM: end of lines normalized even if inside attribute value
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SM: turns linefeeds into spaces
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RM: read section 3.3.3 and 2.1.1 and best to avoid those situations since don't know what non-XML parsers would do
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RM: A.11 - "Perhaps an example showing how to convert to lower case before checking would help clarify this for some people?"
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SM: do ensure that attribute names ... are case insensitive
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SM: can show people how to call to lower
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RM: ok
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SM: A.25 - i know answer and will send it to her
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SM: A.26. - "to justify removing accessiblity feature..." -- we aren't removing, we are telling people not to do it -- same problem as NOSCRIPT
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RM: deal with NOSCRIPT in whatever answer you send to tina
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SM: Example Document concerns: good point about style element (no bad stuff to escape) - rather than remove CDATA markers, should put bad stuff in
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SM: final comment - grouping selector -
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RM: because HTML and BODY elements are identical, can define style once using "html,body { }"
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html, body {background-color: #e4e5e9; }
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RM: list, not heirarchy
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SM: right
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SM: have bunch of changes to make - between last publication and now, pub rules have changed for Notes - additional reqs on Note we need to satisfy; will make process changes along with changes stemming from tina and our discussion of it
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RM: use of ABBR or ACRONYM
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GJR: have proposed INIT (initialism)
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SM: will fold in WG's response to Tina's comments into Mime today along with other pub-related stuff
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TOPIC: XHTML2
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RM: question on "do we need nl?" - motivation, wanted navigation, but maybe use "nav" as a section - more than list - complete block, like a section
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GJR: similar to Role/ARIA concept of "nav"
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RM: yes, big major area, not just detail, but block of navigational options
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RM: look at way NAV is defined when return to question:
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RM: would nav obviate need for NL via specialized container
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SM: had action to send out conversation starter
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http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xhtml2/2008Nov/0015.html
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RM: ol role="nav" versus nl - will reply and through into mix that this is bigger question: NAV as structural element; will kick off conversation by replying to shane's note
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I have a half-finished reply to Shane's conversation starter
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SM: point i was trying to make is have diff mechanisms to satisfy diff needs; should think about needs
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GJR: positive "yes!" reaction to shane's post
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ADJOURN
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-Markus_Gylling
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-ShaneM
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-Roland
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-Gregory_Rosmaita
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-Alessio
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Attendees were Gregory_Rosmaita, Roland, ShaneM, Markus_Gylling, Alessio
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