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Bug 24791 - [WebDriver Spec]: Drop wording around html and use document where appropriate.
Summary: [WebDriver Spec]: Drop wording around html and use document where appropriate.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Browser Test/Tools WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebDriver (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Burns :automatedtester
QA Contact: Browser Testing and Tools WG
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Blocks: 20860
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Reported: 2014-02-25 00:28 UTC by Wilhelm Joys Andersen
Modified: 2014-03-13 22:50 UTC (History)
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Description Wilhelm Joys Andersen 2014-02-25 00:28:33 UTC
The WebDriver spec, in the chapter on interactable elements[1], currently makes an assumption that browsers will treat HTML4 and HTML5 documents differently.

Browsers do handle HTML documents subtly different based on their DOCTYPE (standards mode, almost standards mode, quirks mode[2]), but with no relation to their version numbers.

Except for in archaeological discourse, the HTML4 spec should be completely ignored. Referencing the HTML5 definition of disabled[3] is prefectly sufficient in our own spec.


[1]: https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/raw-file/default/webdriver-spec.html#interactable-elements
[2]: http://quirks.spec.whatwg.org/
[3]: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#enabling-and-disabling-form-controls:-the-disabled-attribute
Comment 1 David Burns :automatedtester 2014-02-25 21:59:33 UTC
remove html5 in favour html as well
Comment 2 David Burns :automatedtester 2014-02-27 01:03:15 UTC
This will also require that we reference the html 5.1 specification and references to document point there too
Comment 3 David Burns :automatedtester 2014-03-13 22:29:14 UTC
Part 1: fixing html references landed in https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/rev/dbaebe75dc5e
Comment 4 David Burns :automatedtester 2014-03-13 22:50:30 UTC
Part 2: fixing document references landed in https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webdriver/rev/80b8374ec7af