On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Edward O'Connor wrote: > > >From #attr-time-pubdate: > > > If specified, [pubdate=""] indicates that the date and time given by > > the element is the publication date and time of the nearest ancestor > > article element. If the element has no ancestor article element, the > > pubdate attribute must not be specified. > > I think this overlooks the case where <body> serves as an implicit > <article>—a simple document with no non-article content. If there's no > ancestor <article>, a <time> with pubdate="" should apply to the > implicit article represented by <body>. Something like the following > might do the trick: > > > If specified, it indicates that the date and time given by the element > > is the publication date and time of the nearest ancestor article or > > body element.
Done. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
