Modularization of XHTML

This Candidate Recommendation specifies an abstract modularization of XHTML and an implementation of the abstraction using XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs). This modularization provide a means for subsetting and extending XHTML, a feature needed for extending XHTML's reach onto emerging platforms.

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On 20 October 2000, this document enters a Candidate Recommendation review period. From that date until 17 November 2000, W3C members are encouraged to review and implement this specification and return comments to w3c-html-editor@w3.org. Please send any comments of a confidential nature in separate email to w3t-html@w3.org, which is visible to the Team only.

W3C is looking for testimonials from users of this specification. Additionally, experience using all of the modules is being sought to create a coverage table of the use of each module. These two criteria are needed to advance this specification to "Proposed Recommendation".

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Quick Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Terms and Definitions
3. Conformance Definition
4. Defining Abstract Modules
5. XHTML Abstract Modules
A. Building Schema Modules
B. Developing Schema with defined and extended modules
C. XHTML Schema Module Implementations
D. Building DTD Modules
E. Developing DTDs with defined and extended modules
F. XHTML DTD Module Implementations
G. References
H. Design Goals

Full Table of Contents

1. Introduction
- 1.1. What is XHTML?
- 1.2. What is XHTML Modularization?
- 1.3. Why Modularize XHTML?
  - 1.3.1. Abstract modules
  - 1.3.2. Module implementations
  - 1.3.3. Hybrid document types
  - 1.3.4. Validation
  - 1.3.5. Formatting Model
2. Terms and Definitions
3. Conformance Definition
- 3.1. XHTML Host Language Document Type Conformance
- 3.2. XHTML Integration Set Document Type Conformance
- 3.3. XHTML Family Module Conformance
- 3.4. XHTML Family Document Conformance
- 3.5. XHTML Family User Agent Conformance
- 3.6. Naming Rules
4. Defining Abstract Modules
- 4.1. Syntactic Conventions
- 4.2. Content Types
- 4.3. Attribute Types
- 4.4. An Example Abstract Module Definition
  - 4.4.1. XHTML Skiing Module
5. XHTML Abstract Modules
- 5.1. Attribute Collections
- 5.2. Core Modules
  - 5.2.1. Structure Module
  - 5.2.2. Text Module
  - 5.2.3. Hypertext Module
  - 5.2.4. List Module
- 5.3. Applet Module
- 5.4. Text Extension Modules
  - 5.4.1. Presentation Module
  - 5.4.2. Edit Module
  - 5.4.3. Bi-directional Text Module
- 5.5. Forms Modules
  - 5.5.1. Basic Forms Module
  - 5.5.2. Forms Module
- 5.6. Table Modules
  - 5.6.1. Basic Tables Module
  - 5.6.2. Tables Module
- 5.7. Image Module
- 5.8. Client-side Image Map Module
- 5.9. Server-side Image Map Module
- 5.10. Object Module
- 5.11. Frames Module
- 5.12. Target Module
- 5.13. Iframe Module
- 5.14. Intrinsic Events Module
- 5.15. Metainformation Module
- 5.16. Scripting Module
- 5.17. Stylesheet Module
- 5.18. Style Attribute Module
- 5.19. Link Module
- 5.20. Base Module
- 5.21. Name Identification Module
- 5.22. Legacy Module
A. Building Schema Modules
B. Developing Schema with defined and extended modules
C. XHTML Schema Module Implementations
D. Building DTD Modules
- D.1. Parameter Entity Naming
- D.2. Defining the Namespace of a Module
  - D.2.1. Qualified Names sub-module
  - D.2.2. Declaration sub-module(s)
  - D.2.3. Using the module as a stand-alone DTD
  - D.2.4. Namespace Idiosyncracies
E. Developing DTDs with defined and extended modules
- E.1. Defining additional attributes
- E.2. Defining additional elements
- E.3. Defining the content model for a collection of modules
  - E.3.1. Integrating a stand-alone module into XHTML
  - E.3.2. Mixing a new module throughout the modules in XHTML
- E.4. Creating a new DTD
  - E.4.1. Creating a simple DTD
  - E.4.2. Creating a DTD by extending XHTML
  - E.4.3. Creating a DTD by removing and replacing XHTML modules
  - E.4.4. Creating a new DTD
- E.5. Using the new DTD
F. XHTML DTD Module Implementations
- F.1. XHTML Character Entities
  - F.1.1. XHTML Latin 1 Character Entities
  - F.1.2. XHTML Special Characters
  - F.1.3. XHTML Mathematical, Greek, and Symbolic Characters
- F.2. XHTML Modular Framework
  - F.2.1. XHTML Base Architecture
  - F.2.2. XHTML Notations
  - F.2.3. XHTML Datatypes
  - F.2.4. XHTML Common Attribute Definitions
  - F.2.5. XHTML Qualified Names
  - F.2.6. XHTML Character Entities
- F.3. XHTML Module Implementations
  - F.3.1. XHTML Core Modules
  - F.3.2. Applet
  - F.3.3. Text Modules
  - F.3.4. Forms
  - F.3.5. Tables
  - F.3.6. Image
  - F.3.7. Client-side Image Map
  - F.3.8. Server-side Image Map
  - F.3.9. Object
  - F.3.10. Frames
  - F.3.11. Target
  - F.3.12. Iframe
  - F.3.13. Intrinsic Events
  - F.3.14. Metainformation
  - F.3.15. Scripting
  - F.3.16. Stylesheet
  - F.3.17. Style Attribute
  - F.3.18. Link
  - F.3.19. Base
  - F.3.20. Name Identification
  - F.3.21. Legacy
- F.4. XHTML DTD Support Modules
  - F.4.1. Block Phrasal
  - F.4.2. Block Presentational
  - F.4.3. Block Structural
  - F.4.4. Inline Phrasal
  - F.4.5. Inline Presentational
  - F.4.6. Inline Structural
  - F.4.7. Param
  - F.4.8. Qualified Names
G. References
- G.1. Normative References
H. Design Goals
- H.1. Requirements
  - H.1.1. Granularity
  - H.1.2. Composibility
  - H.1.3. Ease of Use
  - H.1.4. Compatibility
  - H.1.5. Conformance

Modularization of XHTML^™

W3C Candidate Recommendation 20 October 2000

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