6779 2009-04-06 10:31:11 +0000 Clarify the difference between elements and tags 2010-10-04 14:30:17 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All CLOSED FIXED externalComments P3 normal --- 1 lachlan.hunt ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 24568 0 lachlan.hunt 2009-04-06 10:31:11 +0000 A commenter on the whatwg blog [1] expressed confusion over the requirement of the root element, while still allowing its tags to be omitted. The spec is technically correct, but I suggest that the spec include some explanatory text in the Optional Tags section [2] explaining that in the case of omitted tags, particularly start tags, the elements are still present. [1] http://blog.whatwg.org/help-us-review-html5#comment-40489 [2] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#optional-tags 25408 1 ian 2009-06-01 20:10:22 +0000 Does the note in 9.1.2.4 Optional tags satisfy this? 33091 2 mjs 2010-03-14 13:18:44 +0000 This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy. If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, 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 This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.