[Bug 14748] New: inconsistent treatment of transitive dependencies - typed arrays

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14748

           Summary: inconsistent treatment of transitive dependencies -
                    typed arrays
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: glenn@skynav.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


In Section 2.2.2 Dependencies [1] there appears:

<blockquote>
Typed Arrays

The ArrayBuffer interface and underlying concepts from the Typed Array
Specification are used for several features in this specification. The
Uint8ClampedArray interface type is specifically used in the definition of the
canvas element's 2D API. [TYPEDARRAY]
</blockquote>

However, the canvas element's 2D API is not specified in the HTML5
specification, and, as a consequence, no normative use of [TYPEDARRAY] applies
in the spec.

[1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#dependencies

Given that the editor has previously declined to list 2nd or Nth order
dependencies, e.g., see bug 14213 comment 3 [2]), this dependency for
[TYPEDARRAY] should be removed. Furthermore, it should be removed from the
References section [3], since no other reference is made to [TYPEDARRAY] in the
spec.

[2] http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14213#c3
[3] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#references

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Received on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 23:37:51 UTC