Ian Hickson wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote:
Ian Hickson wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote:
HTML 4 #REQUIREs the 'content' attribute for <meta>. It does not
require 'name' probably only because the DTD can't express a
requirement of "either 'name' or 'http-equiv'": as WA1 notes, a
<meta> element without a 'name' attribute isn't defining any meta
data. Is there a reason why these attributes are nonetheless all
optional in WA1?
What would it mean for them to be required?
It would mean that leaving the attribute out violates a conformance
requirement, making the document non-conformant.
...the advantage of which being...?
I don't understand the point in making this code:
// this element will be used later
var meta = document.createElement('meta');
...non-conformant.
Hmm. I think you need to think a bit on the conformance requirements
you want to have for documents. If you're interpreting "required" like
that, you'd run into the same problem with *any* required attribute or
child content. It's not a useful definition.
~fantasai
