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Bug 27834 - Probably shouldn't reference HTML Editing APIs
Summary: Probably shouldn't reference HTML Editing APIs
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HISTORICAL - Clipboard API and events (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Windows NT
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Hallvord R. M. Steen
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2015-01-14 22:30 UTC by Ben Peters
Modified: 2015-03-22 12:20 UTC (History)
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Description Ben Peters 2015-01-14 22:30:23 UTC 
The HTML Editing API spec is no longer in development. We should avoid referencing it, including https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/editing/raw-file/tip/editing.html#editing-host, which is currently used in the Clipboard API spec.
Comment 1 Hallvord R. M. Steen 2015-03-11 08:09:46 UTC 
Yes, but.. what should we do instead? Define the term "editing host" locally?
Comment 2 Aryeh Gregor 2015-03-22 12:20:18 UTC 
Currently the HTML spec defers to the editing spec on this point.  I don't think it makes sense for Clipboard to define "editing host" itself -- either the editing spec should, or HTML should.

I think it's probably fine to refer to the editing spec for this specific definition.  The details of the algorithms are the part that I wouldn't rely on.  If you don't want to or can't refer to an unmaintained spec, then it's probably simplest to just define the term yourself, or refer to HTML and let it be Hixie's problem.