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Bug 17251 - [DOM]: Define the term "subtree"
Summary: [DOM]: Define the term "subtree"
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DOM (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Anne
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2012-05-30 18:13 UTC by Dimitri Glazkov
Modified: 2012-11-09 14:44 UTC (History)
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Description Dimitri Glazkov 2012-05-30 18:13:39 UTC 
The term "subtree" would be useful for a Shadow DOM spec and probably for the Mutation Observers text.
Comment 1 Anne 2012-09-21 09:59:30 UTC 
What exactly would this term mean?
Comment 2 Dimitri Glazkov 2012-11-01 20:07:31 UTC 
A subtree is a tree or part of a tree. For example, give a node in a tree, all descendants of this node are in a subtree.
Comment 3 Dimitri Glazkov 2012-11-02 16:25:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> A subtree is a tree or part of a tree. For example, give a node in a tree,
> all descendants of this node are in a subtree.

I guess it's a term relative to a tree. The nodes in the example above are in a subtree relative to the larger tree in which node participates.

I am in the process of nomenclature change in the Shadow DOM spec, so I'll see how much I can remove the notion of a subtree. I'll report after I am done -- I'll know better whether the Shadow DOM spec needs the term subtree.
Comment 4 Dimitri Glazkov 2012-11-07 22:34:26 UTC 
BTW, as of http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/rev/5f578fec5447, there's no longer the term "subtree" mentioned in the Shadow DOM spec.
Comment 5 Anne 2012-11-09 14:44:01 UTC 
Resolving as WONTFIX then for lack of use case.