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Bug 21949 - Inside this complete clusterfuck, there isn't an _explanation_ of what origin is. It is irrelevant how you build it. Just tell what you use it for.
Summary: Inside this complete clusterfuck, there isn't an _explanation_ of what origin...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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/...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
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Reported: 2013-05-07 15:17 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-06-07 22:24 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2013-05-07 15:17:19 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/origin-0.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#origin-0
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#origin-0
Referrer: http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html

Comment:
Inside this complete clusterfuck, there isn't an _explanation_ of what origin
is. It is irrelevant how you build it. Just tell what you use it for.

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2013-06-07 22:23:21 UTC 
I've tried adding an intro paragraph and example.
Comment 2 contributor 2013-06-07 22:24:59 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r7938.
Check-in comment: non-normative text for 'origin'
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7937&to=7938