I think this should answer your question: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_WHATWG.3F
Best regards 2013/2/14 Ian Yang <[email protected]> > Hi Steve, > > Thanks. And sorry, but til now I still don't understand the differences > between whatwg and html wg. Could you please explain? > > Regards, > Ian > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:59 AM, Steve Faulkner > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi Ian, > > > > I cannot speak for whatwg, but from the W3C HTML spec side the main > element > > is in the HTML 5.1 spec and has been implemented in browsers and so will > be > > added to HTML5 spec at some point as it likely meets the CR exit > criteria. > > > > as for it being a sectioning element, there is currently an open bug on > > that, which we be dealt with. > > > > If you want to discuss the specification of the main element in HTML 5.1 > > specification feel free mail the html wg list. If you want to discuss > > definition as per the whatwg spec this is the place, although I will > > obviously follow ant discussions with interest > > > > regards > > SteveF > > > > > > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:31:32 +0800 > > > From: Ian Yang <[email protected]> > > > To: whatwg <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [whatwg] Is <main> now an official HTML5 element? > > > Message-ID: > > > <CABr1FsfcaX8=B8TReG8Sz36W= > > > > [email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > Hi editors and all other folks, > > > > I saw the SitePoint article "Introducing the New HTML5 <main> > > Element<http://www.sitepoint.com/html5-main-element/>" > > yesterday. Does that mean <main> element has been approved by all editors > > of the working group? > > > > However, in spec, it still says that <main> element is not a sectioning > > element. That means, in document outline, main content will form another > > tree structure instead of appearing under the original website tree > > structure. Can we have somebody advise on this? Is there a special > > consideration to not making <main> a sectioning element? > > > > > > Sincerely, > > Ian Yan > > > -- Aurelio De Rosa email: [email protected] email: [email protected] website: www.audero.it user group: ug.audero.it
