14748 2011-11-09 23:37:45 +0000 inconsistent treatment of transitive dependencies - typed arrays 2013-03-08 22:30:13 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED WORKSFORME P2 normal --- 1 glenn robin ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking robin travil public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 59808 0 glenn 2011-11-09 23:37:45 +0000 In Section 2.2.2 Dependencies [1] there appears: <blockquote> Typed Arrays The ArrayBuffer interface and underlying concepts from the Typed Array Specification are used for several features in this specification. The Uint8ClampedArray interface type is specifically used in the definition of the canvas element's 2D API. [TYPEDARRAY] </blockquote> However, the canvas element's 2D API is not specified in the HTML5 specification, and, as a consequence, no normative use of [TYPEDARRAY] applies in the spec. [1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#dependencies Given that the editor has previously declined to list 2nd or Nth order dependencies, e.g., see bug 14213 comment 3 [2]), this dependency for [TYPEDARRAY] should be removed. Furthermore, it should be removed from the References section [3], since no other reference is made to [TYPEDARRAY] in the spec. [2] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14213#c3 [3] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#references 61383 1 glenn 2011-12-10 00:10:49 +0000 you can't resolve as WONTFIX without some explanation this bug report is noting that there is a normative reference to [TYPEDARRAY] but there is no use of this this in the body of the text; it is not appropriate to include a reference to which nothing refers the correct response is to remove the reference to [TYPEDARRAY] from the references section and also to remove the paragraph cited below under 2.2.2 that refers to the Canvas 2D APIs use of this reference 84143 2 travil 2013-03-08 22:30:13 +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: Accepted Change Description: No spec change Rationale: Since the time of the publishing of this bug, the spec has since added another dependency on having the [TYPEDARRAY] reference: Transferables (Section 2.7.4.) which notes that ArrayBuffer is one of the supported Transferrable types. I think this justifies having the reference in the spec. As such, resolving this bug as WorksForMe.