14400 2011-10-06 18:04:47 +0000 In "The script element", it is said that the default value for the type attribute of the script element is "text/javascript". Why not prefer "application/javascript"? 2011-10-21 22:47:21 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified Other other RESOLVED NEEDSINFO http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#top P3 normal --- 1 contributor ian ian mike Ms2ger public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 57914 0 contributor 2011-10-06 18:04:47 +0000 Specification: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/ Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top Comment: In “The elements of HTML” → “Scripting” → “The script element” (4.3.1 as of 2011/10/06 (yyyy/mm/dd)), it is said that the default value for the type attribute of the script element is “text/javascript”. Why not prefer “application/javascript” or “application/ecmascript”, as recommended by RFC 4329? Posted from: 79.85.133.129 User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux 3.0-ARCH x86_64; fr) KHTML/4.7.2 (like Gecko) Konqueror/4.7 57980 1 Ms2ger 2011-10-08 09:07:35 +0000 http://www.whatwg.org/html/#attr-script-type 58671 2 ian 2011-10-21 22:47:21 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, 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 Status: Did Not Understand Request Change Description: no spec change Rationale: What difference would it make? Search for "4329" in the early part of the spec for more commentary on the matter.