9494 2010-04-12 06:04:55 +0000 NAME attribute change needs to be listed 2010-04-12 08:33:20 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 differences from HTML4 unspecified All All RESOLVED INVALID http://dev.w3.org/html5/html4-differences/#changed-attributes P2 normal --- 1 tj public-html-bugzilla annevk mike public-html-admin annevk oldest_to_newest 34761 0 tj 2010-04-12 06:04:55 +0000 The NAME attribute of form elements has had its valid value rules dramatically loosened by HTML5 vs. HTML4's rules[1], need to call that out in the "changed attributes" section. This is related to but different from bug #9493[2] on the spec; more information (valid values and such) may be found there. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-name [2] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9493 34772 1 tj 2010-04-12 07:34:52 +0000 Simon Pieters indicates[1] that HTML4 didn't have the limits on the NAME attribute I thought, pointing out that NAME is marked[2] as being a cdata token, not a name token. The name token is used for ID, but not for NAME. If he's correct (and I have no reason to believe he isn't, and certainly PHP has happily been using square brackets in control names for a long time), I'm not the only person to misread that previous spec -- in fact, I was misdirected by someone early on and just followed on. Nevertheless, that may mean that this bug is invalid. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-comments/2010Apr/0050.html [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/interact/forms.html#adef-name-INPUT 34785 2 annevk 2010-04-12 08:33:20 +0000 INVALID per above.