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    <bug>
          <bug_id>9177</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2010-03-02 05:47:44 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>Can the script element please allow the scope attribute in the same semantic way as the style element? The dom would be limited to only elements under that node.</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2010-10-04 13:56:50 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>HTML WG</product>
          <component>pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>Other</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>other</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>WONTFIX</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc>http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#script</bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>P3</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>LC</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter>contributor</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</assigned_to>
          <cc>ian</cc>
    
    <cc>mike</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-admin</cc>
    
    <cc>public-html-wg-issue-tracking</cc>
          
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    <commentid>32749</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
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    <bug_when>2010-03-02 05:47:44 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#script

Comment:
Can the script element please allow the scope attribute in the same semantic
way as the style element? The dom would be limited to only elements under that
node.

Posted from: 99.35.131.123</thetext>
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    <commentid>34243</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</who>
    <bug_when>2010-03-31 19:48:52 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>EDITOR&apos;S RESPONSE: This is an Editor&apos;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: That would be MASSIVELY complicated to set up, requiring changes to ECMAScript, to the DOM, and to how browsers operate at a pretty fundamental level. I would recommend using the steps described here if you want to persue this:

   http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F</thetext>
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