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Bug 21239 - Rules 4-10 in the "obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string" section can be simplified: "4. One of the public identifiers shown on the table below, surrounded on each side by a matching U+0022 QUOTATION MARK [...]
Summary: Rules 4-10 in the "obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string" section can be simplifi...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-03-10 17:07 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-04-01 17:07 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2013-03-10 17:07:56 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/syntax.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-doctype
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-doctype

Comment:
Rules 4-10 in the "obsolete permitted DOCTYPE string" section can be
simplified: "4. One of the public identifiers shown on the table below,
surrounded on each side by a matching U+0022 QUOTATION MARK or U+0027
APOSTROPHE. 5. If the public identifier has a corresponding system identifier,
one or more space characters, which are followed by the system identifier
surrounded on each side by a matching U+0022 QUOTATION MARK or U+0027
APOSTROPHE."

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-04-01 17:07:55 UTC 
Is the current text bad for some reason? I'm not sure the simplification really makes it simpler, it just makes it shorter. Being verbose isn't always bad, it can be clearer.