18852 2012-09-12 07:42:23 +0000 FileList says it's a Collection but that doesn't make sense 2012-09-13 19:25:12 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG File API unspecified PC All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 ian arun annevk public-webapps public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 73685 0 ian 2012-09-12 07:42:23 +0000 FileList says it's a Collection and links to DOM4 for the definition of Collection, but that doesn't make sense, because DOM4 says a Collection is a list of DOM nodes. 73704 1 arun 2012-09-12 17:13:29 +0000 What *should* FileList be described as in prose? Should I NOT describe FileList as a Collection? An earlier comment on the public-webapps listserv by AnneVK suggested that FileList should be described as a collection. 73712 2 arun 2012-09-12 18:31:53 +0000 I think this *does* actually make sense. http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/#dfn-filelist But I've Cc'd the editor of DOM4 to ask for clarification. 73713 3 annevk 2012-09-12 18:41:51 +0000 It does not make sense. 73714 4 arun 2012-09-12 18:48:35 +0000 OK. In that case: 1. FileList is NOT a Collection, and it is a bug to say it is. That's fine; my reading of this thread by Anne resulted in FileList being defined as a Collection of File objects: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011JulSep/0855.html What is a better way to refer to FileList? 2. FileList is a Collection, but the prose as written does not make sense. Which is it? 73722 5 annevk 2012-09-12 20:21:14 +0000 Well it's obviously a collection of some kind, just not in the narrow way defined by DOM. 73727 6 arun 2012-09-12 21:48:56 +0000 OK, since a collection is best defined in DOM4, can we have a more expansive concept? File objects are not DOM nodes, but are objects referenced through the DOM. Maybe include them as a permissible type to have a collection of? 73741 7 zcorpan 2012-09-13 06:03:19 +0000 Why do you need to reference anything? Just say "This interface is a collection of File objects" or "This interface is a list of File objects" and be done with it. You don't want to hook into any implementation requirements here, this should just be a non-normative statement describing what the interface is used for. Maybe better yet: drop the paragraph altogether and refer to the thing as just "FileList" or "FileList object". 73806 8 arun 2012-09-13 19:25:12 +0000 Done.