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Bug 24636 - In HTML5 and HTML5.1, table@border has fallen out of the list of permitted attributes for table
Summary: In HTML5 and HTML5.1, table@border has fallen out of the list of permitted at...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: This bug has no owner yet - up for the taking
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html...
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Blocks: 24641
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Reported: 2014-02-12 22:37 UTC by Leif Halvard Silli
Modified: 2014-02-28 16:17 UTC (History)
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Description Leif Halvard Silli 2014-02-12 22:37:28 UTC 
HTML5: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/tabular-data.html#the-table-element
HTML5.1: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/tabular-data.html#the-table-element

See the comment number 12 and 14 by Andrea Rendine in bug 24559:

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24559#c12

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=24559#c14

As he correctly states, the border attribute has fallen out of list permitted content attribtues for <table>. Please put it back.
Comment 1 Robin Berjon 2014-02-13 11:03:34 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are
satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: none
Rationale: As per bug 24591 it makes sense to keep @border out of the list of permitted attributes.
Comment 2 Leif Halvard Silli 2014-02-13 12:28:25 UTC 
(In reply to Robin Berjon from comment #1)

> Status: Rejected
> Change Description: none
> Rationale: As per bug 24591 it makes sense to keep @border out of the list
> of permitted attributes.

As per the my comments in bug 24591, including reference to a HTML WG decision, it does not make sense to keep border out of the list of permitted attributes.
Comment 3 Leif Halvard Silli 2014-02-13 13:04:15 UTC 
Robin,

I will further note that there is no such thing as being ”half pregnant”: The @border attribute *is* part of table - HTML5 and HTML51 do make that clear, just look at the attribute index http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/index.html#attributes-1 - and the section to which it point - http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/tabular-data.html#attr-table-border
Comment 4 Robin Berjon 2014-02-28 16:17:02 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor'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: Accepted
Change Description: reverted change
Rationale: The editor's position is that this decision is wrong and that the arguments in its favour have limited merit; however it would require more energy to fight than the conformance of the border attribute is worth.