8596 2010-01-03 19:07:27 +0000 terminology name collision: "Transparent" content models 2010-10-04 14:46:10 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED WONTFIX http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#transparent-content-models P2 normal --- 1 brutzman ian brutzman ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 30328 0 brutzman 2010-01-03 19:07:27 +0000 3.2.5.2 Transparent content models The use of "transparent" in this context is different than that used for rendering SVG or other objects. For example in X3D, a scene's background color may be transparent in order to allow the HTML bgcolor to be shown. Suggest considering another term for transparent (e.g. "replacable" or "substitutable" or somesuch) in the context of this section in order to avoid name collisions and reader confusion. 30899 1 ian 2010-01-11 10:47:39 +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: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: I completely agree that "transparent" is suboptimal, but it's unfortunately less misleading than "replaceable" (which clashes with CSS terminology in an even more misleading way than "transparent") and "substitutable" (which as far as I can tell is just incorrect). I'm open to other terms, but so far "transparent" has been the least problematic term suggested.