Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/constraints.html, revision 1.28

1.1       mike        1: <!doctype html>
1.23      mike        2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie" xml:lang="en-US-x-Hixie" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><meta content="text-html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="HTML Tidy for HTML5 (experimental) for Linux/x86 http://github.com/w3c/tidy-html5/tree/c63cc39" name="generator"><meta charset="utf-8"><title>4.10.21 Constraints &mdash; HTML5</title><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text-css">
                      3: /**/
                      4: /**/
                      5: 
                      6:    .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
                      7:    .applies thead code { display: block; }
                      8:    .applies tbody th { white-space: nowrap; }
                      9:    .applies td { text-align: center; }
                     10:    .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
                     11: 
                     12:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
                     13:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                     14: 
                     15:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                     16:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                     17:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                     18: 
                     19:    td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
                     20: 
                     21:    #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
                     22:    #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
                     23:    #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
                     24:    #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
                     25:    #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
                     26:    #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
                     27:    #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
                     28:    #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
                     29:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
                     30:    #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
                     31:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
                     32:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
                     33:    #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
                     34:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
                     35:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
                     36:    #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
                     37: 
                     38:    .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
                     39:    .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
                     40:    .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
                     41:    .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
                     42:    .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
                     43:    .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
                     44:    .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
                     45:    .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
                     46:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
                     47:    .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
                     48:    .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
                     49:    .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
                     50: 
                     51:    .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
                     52: 
                     53:    #base64-table {
                     54:      white-space: nowrap;
                     55:      font-size: 0.6em;
                     56:      column-width: 6em;
                     57:      column-count: 5;
                     58:      column-gap: 1em;
                     59:      -moz-column-width: 6em;
                     60:      -moz-column-count: 5;
                     61:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                     62:      -webkit-column-width: 6em;
                     63:      -webkit-column-count: 5;
                     64:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                     65:    }
                     66:    #base64-table thead { display: none; }
                     67:    #base64-table * { border: none; }
                     68:    #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
                     69:    #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
                     70: 
                     71:    #named-character-references-table {
                     72:      white-space: nowrap;
                     73:      font-size: 0.6em;
                     74:      column-width: 30em;
                     75:      column-gap: 1em;
                     76:      -moz-column-width: 30em;
                     77:      -moz-column-gap: 1em;
                     78:      -webkit-column-width: 30em;
                     79:      -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
                     80:    }
                     81:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
                     82:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
                     83:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
                     84:    #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
                     85: 
                     86:    .glyph.control { color: red; }
                     87: 
                     88:    @font-face {
                     89:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     90:      src: url('fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
                     91:    }
                     92:    @font-face {
                     93:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     94:      font-weight: bold;
                     95:      src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
                     96:    }
                     97:    @font-face {
                     98:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                     99:      font-style: italic;
                    100:      src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
                    101:    }
                    102:    @font-face {
                    103:      font-family: 'Essays1743';
                    104:      font-style: italic;
                    105:      font-weight: bold;
                    106:      src: url('fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
                    107:    }
                    108: 
                    109: /**/
                    110: /**/
                    111: </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20display:%20none;%20}%0Ahtml%20{%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20display:%20none;%20}" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><style type="text-css">
1.19      mike      112: /**/
                    113: /**/
1.14      mike      114:    pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
                    115:    h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
                    116:    h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em 0; }
                    117:    h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
                    118:    h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
                    119:    h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
                    120:    h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
                    121:    p { margin: 1em 0; }
                    122:    hr:not(.top) { display: block; background: none; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 2em 0; height: auto; }
                    123:    dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
                    124:    dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
                    125:    dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
                    126:    dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
                    127:    dd p { margin-top: 0; }
                    128:    dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                    129:    dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
                    130:    p + * > li, dd li { margin: 1em 0; }
                    131:    dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
                    132:    i, em { font-style: italic; }
                    133:    dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
                    134:    pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
                    135:    pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
                    136:    pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
                    137:    @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
                    138:    var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
                    139:    table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
                    140:    table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
                    141:    table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
                    142:    table tbody th { text-align: left; }
                    143:    table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
                    144:    blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
                    145: 
                    146:    .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
                    147:    .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
                    148:    .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
                    149:    .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
                    150:    .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
                    151:    .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
                    152: 
                    153:    .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
                    154:    img.extra, p.overview { float: right; }
                    155:    pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; }
                    156:    pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
                    157:    pre.idl::before { content: "IDL"; font: bold small sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; background: white; position: absolute; top: 0; margin: -1px 0 0 -4em; width: 1.5em; border: thin solid; border-radius: 0 0 0 0.5em }
                    158:    pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                    159:    pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
                    160:    dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
                    161:    hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
                    162:    dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
                    163:    dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
                    164:    dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                    165:    dl.domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
                    166:    dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
                    167:    dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
                    168:    dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
                    169:    dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
                    170:    dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
                    171:    dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
                    172:    dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
                    173:    .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
                    174:    .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
                    175:    a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
                    176: 
1.19      mike      177:    figure.diagrams { border: double black; background: white; padding: 1em; }
                    178:    figure.diagrams img { display: block; margin: 1em auto; } 
                    179: 
1.14      mike      180:    h2 { page-break-before: always; }
                    181:    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
                    182:    h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
                    183: 
                    184:    p  > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
1.23      mike      185:    li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]) { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
1.14      mike      186: 
                    187:    div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
                    188:    div.head p { margin: 0; }
                    189:    div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
                    190:    div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
                    191:    div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
                    192:    div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
                    193:    div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
                    194: 
                    195:    body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
                    196:    body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
                    197:    body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
                    198:    body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
                    199:    .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
                    200: 
                    201:    .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
                    202:    .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                    203:    .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
                    204: 
                    205:    .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
                    206:    .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
                    207:    .category-list li { display: inline; }
                    208:    .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
                    209:    .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
1.19      mike      210:    .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't  */
1.14      mike      211: 
                    212:    .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
                    213:    .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    214:    p .XXX { line-height: 3em; }
                    215:    .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
                    216:    .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
                    217:    .annotation :link, .annotation :visited { color: inherit; }
                    218:    .annotation :link:hover, .annotation :visited:hover { background: transparent; }
                    219:    .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
                    220:    .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
                    221:    .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
                    222:    .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    223:    .note em, .warning em, .note i, .warning i { font-style: normal; }
                    224:    p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
                    225:    span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
                    226:    .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
                    227:    .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    228:    .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
                    229:    p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
                    230:    p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
                    231: 
                    232:    .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
                    233:    .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
                    234:    .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
                    235:    .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
                    236:    .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
                    237: 
                    238:    h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
                    239:    h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
                    240:    .element {
                    241:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    242:      color: black;
                    243:      margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
                    244:      padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
                    245:      border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
                    246:      position: relative;
                    247:      z-index: 1;
                    248:    }
                    249:    .element:before {
                    250:      position: absolute;
                    251:      z-index: 2;
                    252:      top: 0;
                    253:      left: -1.15em;
                    254:      height: 2em;
                    255:      width: 0.9em;
                    256:      background: #EEEEFF;
                    257:      content: ' ';
                    258:      border-style: none none solid solid;
                    259:      border-color: #9999FF;
                    260:      border-width: 0.25em;
                    261:    }
                    262: 
                    263:    .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
                    264:    td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
                    265: 
                    266:    ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
                    267:    ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
                    268:    ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
                    269:    ul.domTree li:first-child::before { position: absolute; top: 0; height: 0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    270:    ul.domTree li:not(:last-child)::after { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: -0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
                    271:    ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
                    272:    ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
                    273:    ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
                    274:    ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
                    275:    ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
                    276:    ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
                    277:    ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
                    278:    ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
                    279: 
                    280:    body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
                    281:    .dfnPanel {
                    282:      display: inline;
                    283:      position: absolute;
                    284:      z-index: 10;
                    285:      height: auto;
                    286:      width: auto;
                    287:      padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
                    288:      font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
                    289:      background: #DDDDDD;
                    290:      color: black;
                    291:      border: outset 0.2em;
                    292:    }
                    293:    .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
                    294:    .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
                    295:    .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
                    296:    .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
                    297:    .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
                    298: 
                    299:    #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
                    300:    #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
                    301:    #configUI p label { display: block; }
                    302:    #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
                    303:    #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
                    304: 
                    305:    fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
                    306:    fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
                    307:    fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
                    308:    fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
                    309: 
1.19      mike      310:    .stability {
                    311:      position: fixed;
                    312:      bottom: 0;
                    313:      left: 0; right: 0;
                    314:      margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
                    315:      width: 50%;
                    316:      background: maroon; color: yellow;
                    317:      -webkit-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    318:      -moz-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    319:      border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
                    320:      -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
                    321:      -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
                    322:      box-shadow: 0 0 1em red;
                    323:      padding: 0.5em 1em;
                    324:      text-align: center;
                    325:    }
                    326:    .stability strong {
                    327:      display: block;
                    328:    }
                    329:    .stability input {
1.23      mike      330:      -moz-appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; margin: 0; 
                    331:      border: 0; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: transparent; color: black;
1.19      mike      332:      position: absolute; top: -0.5em; right: 0; font: 1.25em sans-serif; text-align: center;
                    333:    }
                    334:    .stability input:hover {
                    335:      color: white;
                    336:      text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;
                    337:    }
                    338:    .stability input:active {
                    339:      padding: 0.3em 0.45em 0.2em 0.55em;
                    340:    }
                    341:    .stability :link, .stability :visited,
                    342:    .stability :link:hover, .stability :visited:hover {
                    343:      background: transparent;
                    344:      color: white;
                    345:    }
                    346: 
                    347: /**/
                    348: /**/
1.23      mike      349: </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-WD" rel="stylesheet" type="text-css"><meta content="noindex" name="robots"><script>
1.19      mike      350: 
                    351: 
                    352:    function getCookie(name) {
                    353:      var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
                    354:      for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
                    355:        if (params[index] == name)
                    356:          return "1";
                    357:        var data = params[index].split("=");
                    358:        if (data[0] == name)
                    359:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    360:      }
                    361:      var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
                    362:      for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
                    363:        var data = cookies[index].split("=");
                    364:        if (data[0] == name)
                    365:          return unescape(data[1]);
                    366:      }
                    367:      return null;
1.1       mike      368:    }
1.19      mike      369: 
                    370: 
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1.19      mike      373:   <link href="interactive-elements.html" rel="next" title="4.11 Interactive elements">
                    374:   <body class="split chapter" onload="fixBrokenLink();"><div class="head" id="head" xmlns="">
1.1       mike      375: <div aria-haspopup="true" id="jumpIndexA-button" role="button" tabindex="0">jump
1.19      mike      376: <div id="jumpIndexA">
1.28    ! mike      377: <ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-a-element.html#the-a-element">a</a><a class="noindex" href="the-abbr-element.html#the-abbr-element">abbr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-address-element.html#the-address-element">address</a><a class="noindex" href="the-area-element.html#the-area-element">area</a><a class="noindex" href="the-article-element.html#the-article-element">article</a><a class="noindex" href="the-aside-element.html#the-aside-element">aside</a><a class="noindex" href="the-audio-element.html#the-audio-element">audio</a></li>
        !           378: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-b-element.html#the-b-element">b</a><a class="noindex" href="the-base-element.html#the-base-element">base</a><a class="noindex" href="the-bdi-element.html#the-bdi-element">bdi</a><a class="noindex" href="the-bdo-element.html#the-bdo-element">bdo</a><a class="noindex" href="the-blockquote-element.html#the-blockquote-element">blockquote</a><a class="noindex" href="the-body-element.html#the-body-element">body</a><a class="noindex" href="the-br-element.html#the-br-element">br</a><a class="noindex" href="the-button-element.html#the-button-element">button</a></li>
        !           379: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-canvas-element.html#the-canvas-element">canvas</a><a class="noindex" href="the-caption-element.html#the-caption-element">caption</a><a class="noindex" href="the-cite-element.html#the-cite-element">cite</a><a class="noindex" href="the-code-element.html#the-code-element">code</a><a class="noindex" href="the-col-element.html#the-col-element">col</a><a class="noindex" href="the-colgroup-element.html#the-colgroup-element">colgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-command-element.html#the-command-element">command</a></li>
        !           380: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dd-element.html#the-dd-element">dd</a><a class="noindex" href="the-del-element.html#the-del-element">del</a><a class="noindex" href="the-details-element.html#the-details-element">details</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dfn-element.html#the-dfn-element">dfn</a><a class="noindex" href="the-div-element.html#the-div-element">div</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dl-element.html#the-dl-element">dl</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dt-element.html#the-dt-element">dt</a></li>
        !           381: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-em-element.html#the-em-element">em</a><a class="noindex" href="the-embed-element.html#the-embed-element">embed</a><a class="noindex" href="the-fieldset-element.html#the-fieldset-element">fieldset</a><a class="noindex" href="the-figcaption-element.html#the-figcaption-element">figcaption</a><a class="noindex" href="the-figure-element.html#the-figure-element">figure</a><a class="noindex" href="the-footer-element.html#the-footer-element">footer</a><a class="noindex" href="the-form-element.html#the-form-element">form</a></li>
        !           382: </ul><ul><li><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h1" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h1</a><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h2" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h2</a><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h3" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h3</a><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h4" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h4</a><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h5" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h5</a><a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/.html#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements" title='Read about this "h6" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>h6</a><a class="noindex" href="the-head-element.html#the-head-element">head</a><a class="noindex" href="the-header-element.html#the-header-element">header</a><a class="noindex" href="the-hgroup-element.html#the-hgroup-element">hgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-hr-element.html#the-hr-element">hr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-html-element.html#the-html-element">html</a></li>
        !           383: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-i-element.html#the-i-element">i</a><a class="noindex" href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a><a class="noindex" href="the-img-element.html#the-img-element">img</a><a class="noindex" href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ins-element.html#the-ins-element">ins</a><a class="noindex" href="the-kbd-element.html#the-kbd-element">kbd</a><a class="noindex" href="the-keygen-element.html#the-keygen-element">keygen</a></li>
        !           384: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-label-element.html#the-label-element">label</a><a class="noindex" href="the-legend-element.html#the-legend-element">legend</a><a class="noindex" href="the-li-element.html#the-li-element">li</a><a class="noindex" href="the-link-element.html#the-link-element">link</a><a class="noindex" href="the-map-element.html#the-map-element">map</a><a class="noindex" href="the-mark-element.html#the-mark-element">mark</a><a class="noindex" href="the-menu-element.html#the-menu-element">menu</a><a class="noindex" href="the-meta-element.html#the-meta-element">meta</a><a class="noindex" href="the-meter-element.html#the-meter-element">meter</a></li>
        !           385: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-nav-element.html#the-nav-element">nav</a><a class="noindex" href="the-noscript-element.html#the-noscript-element">noscript</a><a class="noindex" href="the-object-element.html#the-object-element">object</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ol-element.html#the-ol-element">ol</a><a class="noindex" href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-option-element.html#the-option-element">option</a><a class="noindex" href="the-output-element.html#the-output-element">output</a></li>
        !           386: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-p-element.html#the-p-element">p</a><a class="noindex" href="the-param-element.html#the-param-element">param</a><a class="noindex" href="the-pre-element.html#the-pre-element">pre</a><a class="noindex" href="the-progress-element.html#the-progress-element">progress</a><a class="noindex" href="the-q-element.html#the-q-element">q</a><a class="noindex" href="the-rp-element.html#the-rp-element">rp</a><a class="noindex" href="the-rt-element.html#the-rt-element">rt</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ruby-element.html#the-ruby-element">ruby</a></li>
        !           387: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-s-element.html#the-s-element">s</a><a class="noindex" href="the-samp-element.html#the-samp-element">samp</a><a class="noindex" href="the-script-element.html#the-script-element">script</a><a class="noindex" href="the-section-element.html#the-section-element">section</a><a class="noindex" href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a><a class="noindex" href="the-small-element.html#the-small-element">small</a><a class="noindex" href="the-source-element.html#the-source-element">source</a><a class="noindex" href="the-span-element.html#the-span-element">span</a></li>
        !           388: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-strong-element.html#the-strong-element">strong</a><a class="noindex" href="the-style-element.html#the-style-element">style</a><a class="noindex" href="the-sub-and-sup-elements.html#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a><a class="noindex" href="the-summary-element.html#the-summary-element">summary</a><a class="noindex" href="the-sub-and-sup-elements.html#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sup</a></li>
        !           389: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-table-element.html#the-table-element">table</a><a class="noindex" href="the-tbody-element.html#the-tbody-element">tbody</a><a class="noindex" href="the-td-element.html#the-td-element">td</a><a class="noindex" href="the-textarea-element.html#the-textarea-element">textarea</a><a class="noindex" href="the-tfoot-element.html#the-tfoot-element">tfoot</a><a class="noindex" href="the-th-element.html#the-th-element">th</a><a class="noindex" href="the-thead-element.html#the-thead-element">thead</a><a class="noindex" href="the-time-element.html#the-time-element">time</a><a class="noindex" href="the-title-element.html#the-title-element">title</a></li>
        !           390: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-tr-element.html#the-tr-element">tr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-track-element.html#the-track-element">track</a><a class="noindex" href="the-u-element.html#the-u-element">u</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ul-element.html#the-ul-element">ul</a><a class="noindex" href="the-var-element.html#the-var-element">var</a><a class="noindex" href="the-video-element.html#the-video-element">video</a><a class="noindex" href="the-wbr-element.html#the-wbr-element">wbr</a></li>
        !           391: </ul><ul class="jumpIndexA-other"><li><a class="noindex" href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">global
        !           392: attributes</a><a class="noindex" href="index-of-terms.html#index-of-terms">terms</a></li>
1.19      mike      393: </ul></div>
                    394: </div>
                    395: <script src="jump-indexes.js">
                    396: </script><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
                    397: <h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">HTML5</h1>
                    398: </div>
                    399: <div class="prev_next">
1.18      mike      400:    <a href="textFieldSelection.html">&slarr; 4.10.20 APIs for the text field selections</a> &ndash;
1.1       mike      401:    <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> &ndash;
1.19      mike      402:    <a href="interactive-elements.html">4.11 Interactive elements &srarr;</a>
1.28    ! mike      403:   <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><ol><li><a href="constraints.html#constraints"><span class="secno">4.10.21</span>
        !           404: Constraints</a>
        !           405: <ol><li><a href="constraints.html#definitions"><span class="secno">4.10.21.1</span>
        !           406: Definitions</a><li><a href="constraints.html#the-constraint-validation-api" id="4.10.21.2-the-constraint-validation-api"><span class="secno">4.10.21.2</span> The constraint validation API</a><li><a href="constraints.html#security-forms"><span class="secno">4.10.21.3</span>
        !           407: Security</a></ol><li><a href="constraints.html#form-submission-0" id="4.10.22-form-submission"><span class="secno">4.10.22</span> Form
        !           408: submission</a>
        !           409: <ol><li><a href="constraints.html#url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.1</span> URL-encoded form data</a><li><a href="constraints.html#plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.2</span> Plain text form data</a></ol></ol></ol></ol></div>
1.19      mike      410: 
                    411:   <h4 id="constraints"><span class="secno">4.10.21</span>
                    412: Constraints</h4>
                    413: <h5 id="definitions"><span class="secno">4.10.21.1</span>
                    414: Definitions</h5>
                    415: <!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
                    416: <h5 id="the-constraint-validation-api"><span class="secno">4.10.21.2</span> The <dfn>constraint validation
                    417: API</dfn></h5>
1.28    ! mike      418: <dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-willValidate"><a href="#dom-cva-willvalidate">willValidate</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      419: <dd>
                    420: <p>Returns true if the element will be validated when the form is
                    421: submitted; false otherwise.</p>
                    422: </dd>
1.28    ! mike      423: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-setCustomValidity"><a href="#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity">setCustomValidity</a></code>(<var title="">message</var>)</dt>
1.19      mike      424: <dd>
                    425: <p>Sets a custom error, so that the element would fail to validate.
                    426: The given message is the message to be shown to the user when
                    427: reporting the problem to the user.</p>
                    428: <p>If the argument is the empty string, clears the custom
                    429: error.</p>
                    430: </dd>
1.27      mike      431: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      432: . <code title="dom-validitystate-valueMissing"><a href="#dom-validitystate-valuemissing">valueMissing</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      433: <dd>
                    434: <p>Returns true if the element has no value but is a required
                    435: field; false otherwise.</p>
                    436: </dd>
1.27      mike      437: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      438: . <code title="dom-validitystate-typeMismatch"><a href="#dom-validitystate-typemismatch">typeMismatch</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      439: <dd>
                    440: <p>Returns true if the element's value is not in the correct
                    441: syntax; false otherwise.</p>
                    442: </dd>
1.27      mike      443: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      444: . <code title="dom-validitystate-patternMismatch"><a href="#dom-validitystate-patternmismatch">patternMismatch</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      445: <dd>
                    446: <p>Returns true if the element's value doesn't match the provided
                    447: pattern; false otherwise.</p>
                    448: </dd>
1.27      mike      449: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      450: . <code title="dom-validitystate-tooLong"><a href="#dom-validitystate-toolong">tooLong</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      451: <dd>
                    452: <p>Returns true if the element's value is longer than the provided
                    453: maximum length; false otherwise.</p>
                    454: </dd>
1.27      mike      455: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      456: . <code title="dom-validitystate-rangeUnderflow"><a href="#dom-validitystate-rangeunderflow">rangeUnderflow</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      457: <dd>
                    458: <p>Returns true if the element's value is lower than the provided
                    459: minimum; false otherwise.</p>
                    460: </dd>
1.27      mike      461: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      462: . <code title="dom-validitystate-rangeOverflow"><a href="#dom-validitystate-rangeoverflow">rangeOverflow</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      463: <dd>
                    464: <p>Returns true if the element's value is higher than the provided
                    465: maximum; false otherwise.</p>
                    466: </dd>
1.27      mike      467: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      468: . <code title="dom-validitystate-stepMismatch"><a href="#dom-validitystate-stepmismatch">stepMismatch</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      469: <dd>
                    470: <p>Returns true if the element's value doesn't fit the rules given
1.28    ! mike      471: by the <code title="attr-input-step"><a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-step" id="step_36">step</a></code> attribute; false otherwise.</p>
1.19      mike      472: </dd>
1.27      mike      473: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      474: . <code title="dom-validitystate-customError"><a href="#dom-validitystate-customerror">customError</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      475: <dd>
                    476: <p>Returns true if the element has a custom error; false
                    477: otherwise.</p>
                    478: </dd>
1.27      mike      479: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validity"><a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#dom-cva-validity">validity</a></code>
1.28    ! mike      480: . <code title="dom-validitystate-valid"><a href="#dom-validitystate-valid">valid</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      481: <dd>
                    482: <p>Returns true if the element's value has no validity problems;
                    483: false otherwise.</p>
                    484: </dd>
                    485: <dt><var title="">valid</var> = <var title="">element</var> .
1.28    ! mike      486: <code title="dom-cva-checkValidity"><a href="#dom-cva-checkvalidity">checkValidity</a></code>()</dt>
1.19      mike      487: <dd>
                    488: <p>Returns true if the element's value has no validity problems;
                    489: false otherwise. Fires an <code title="event-invalid">invalid</code> event at the element in the latter
                    490: case.</p>
                    491: </dd>
1.28    ! mike      492: <dt><var title="">element</var> . <code title="dom-cva-validationMessage"><a href="#dom-cva-validationmessage">validationMessage</a></code></dt>
1.19      mike      493: <dd>
                    494: <p>Returns the error message that would be shown to the user if the
                    495: element was to be checked for validity.</p>
                    496: </dd>
                    497: </dl><div class="example">
                    498: <p>In the following example, a script checks the value of a form
                    499: control each time it is edited, and whenever it is not a valid
1.28    ! mike      500: value, uses the <code title="dom-cva-setCustomValidity"><a href="#dom-cva-setcustomvalidity">setCustomValidity()</a></code> method
1.19      mike      501: to set an appropriate message.</p>
                    502: <pre>
                    503: &lt;label&gt;Feeling: &lt;input name=f type="text" oninput="check(this)"&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
1.1       mike      504: &lt;script&gt;
                    505:  function check(input) {
                    506:    if (input.value == "good" ||
                    507:        input.value == "fine" ||
                    508:        input.value == "tired") {
                    509:      input.setCustomValidity('"' + input.value + '" is not a feeling.');
1.19      mike      510: <!--   } else if (input.value == "...") {
                    511:      input.setCustomValidity('...');
                    512: -->   } else {
1.1       mike      513:      // input is fine -- reset the error message
                    514:      input.setCustomValidity('');
                    515:    }
                    516:  }
1.19      mike      517: &lt;/script&gt;
                    518: </pre></div>
                    519: <!--TOPIC:HTML-->
                    520: <!--ADD-TOPIC:Security-->
                    521: <h5 id="security-forms"><span class="secno">4.10.21.3</span>
                    522: Security</h5>
                    523: <p id="security-0">Servers should not rely on client-side
                    524: validation. Client-side validation can be intentionally bypassed by
                    525: hostile users, and unintentionally bypassed by users of older user
                    526: agents or automated tools that do not implement these features. The
                    527: constraint validation features are only intended to improve the
                    528: user experience, not to provide any kind of security mechanism.</p>
                    529: <!--REMOVE-TOPIC:Security-->
                    530: <h4 id="form-submission-0"><span class="secno">4.10.22</span>
                    531: <dfn>Form submission</dfn></h4>
                    532: <p><i>This section is non-normative.</i></p>
                    533: <p>When a form is submitted, the data in the form is converted into
1.28    ! mike      534: the structure specified by the <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#concept-fs-enctype" id="concept-fs-enctype_1" title="concept-fs-enctype">enctype</a>,
        !           535: and then sent to the destination specified by the <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#concept-fs-action" id="concept-fs-action_0" title="concept-fs-action">action</a> using
        !           536: the given <a href="form-submission.html#concept-fs-method" id="concept-fs-method_1" title="concept-fs-method">method</a>.</p>
1.19      mike      537: <p>For example, take the following form:</p>
                    538: <pre>
                    539: &lt;form action="/find.cgi" method=get&gt;
                    540:  &lt;input type=text name=t&gt;
                    541:  &lt;input type=search name=q&gt;
                    542:  &lt;input type=submit&gt;
                    543: &lt;/form&gt;
                    544: </pre>
                    545: <p>If the user types in "cats" in the first field and "fur" in the
                    546: second, and then hits the submit button, then the user agent will
                    547: load <code title="">/find.cgi?t=cats&amp;q=fur</code>.</p>
                    548: <p>On the other hand, consider this form:</p>
                    549: <pre>
                    550: &lt;form action="/find.cgi" method=post enctype="multipart-form-data"&gt;
                    551:  &lt;input type=text name=t&gt;
                    552:  &lt;input type=search name=q&gt;
                    553:  &lt;input type=submit&gt;
                    554: &lt;/form&gt;
                    555: </pre>
                    556: <p>Given the same user input, the result on submission is quite
                    557: different: the user agent instead does an HTTP POST to the given
                    558: URL, with as the entity body something like the following text:</p>
                    559: <pre>
                    560: ------kYFrd4jNJEgCervE
                    561: Content-Disposition: form-data; name="t"
                    562: 
                    563: cats
                    564: ------kYFrd4jNJEgCervE
                    565: Content-Disposition: form-data; name="q"
                    566: 
                    567: fur
                    568: ------kYFrd4jNJEgCervE--
                    569: </pre>
                    570: <h5 id="url-encoded-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.1</span>
                    571: URL-encoded form data</h5>
                    572: <p class="note">This form data set encoding is in many ways an
                    573: aberrant monstrosity, the result of many years of implementation
                    574: accidents and compromises leading to a set of requirements
                    575: necessary for interoperability, but in no way representing good
                    576: design practices. In particular, readers are cautioned to pay close
                    577: attention to the twisted details involving repeated (and in some
                    578: cases nested) conversions between character encodings and byte
                    579: sequences.</p>
                    580: <p>To <dfn id="application-x-www-form-urlencoded-decoding-algorithm" title="application-x-www-form-urlencoded decoding algorithm">decode
                    581: <code>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</code> payloads</dfn>, the
                    582: following algorithm should be used. This algorithm uses as inputs
                    583: the payload itself, <var title="">payload</var>, consisting of a
                    584: Unicode string using only characters in the range U+0000 to U+007F;
                    585: a default character encoding <var title="">encoding</var>; and
                    586: optionally an <var title="">isindex</var> flag indicating that the
                    587: payload is to be processed as if it had been generated for a form
1.28    ! mike      588: containing an <code title="attr-fe-name-isindex"><a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#attr-fe-name-isindex" id="isindex_0">isindex</a></code> control.
1.19      mike      589: The output of this algorithm is a sorted list of name-value pairs.
                    590: If the <var title="">isindex</var> flag is set and the first
1.28    ! mike      591: control really was an <code title="attr-fe-name-isindex"><a href="attributes-common-to-form-controls.html#attr-fe-name-isindex" id="isindex_1">isindex</a></code> control,
1.19      mike      592: then the first name-value pair will have as its name the empty
                    593: string.</p>
                    594: <ol><li>
1.28    ! mike      595: <p>Let <var title="">strings</var> be the result of <a href="#strictly-split-a-string" title="strictly split a string">strictly
1.19      mike      596: splitting the string</a> <var title="">payload</var> on U+0026
                    597: AMPERSAND characters (&amp;).</p>
                    598: </li>
                    599: <li>
                    600: <p>If the <var title="">isindex</var> flag is set and the first
                    601: string in <var title="">strings</var> does not contain a "="
                    602: (U+003D) character, insert a U+003D EQUALS SIGN character (=) at
                    603: the start of the first string in <var title="">strings</var>.</p>
                    604: </li>
                    605: <li>
                    606: <p>Let <var title="">pairs</var> be an empty list of name-value
                    607: pairs.</p>
                    608: </li>
                    609: <li>
                    610: <p>For each string <var title="">string</var> in <var title="">strings</var>, run these substeps:</p>
                    611: <ol><li>
                    612: <p>If <var title="">string</var> contains a "=" (U+003D) character,
                    613: then let <var title="">name</var> be the substring of <var title="">string</var> from the start of <var title="">string</var> up to
                    614: but excluding its first "=" (U+003D) character, and let <var title="">value</var> be the substring from the first character, if any,
                    615: after the first "=" (U+003D) character up to the end of <var title="">string</var>. If the first U+003D EQUALS SIGN character (=) is
                    616: the first character, then <var title="">name</var> will be the
                    617: empty string. If it is the last character, then <var title="">value</var> will be the empty string.</p>
                    618: <p>Otherwise, <var title="">string</var> contains no "=" (U+003D)
                    619: characters. Let <var title="">name</var> have the value of
                    620: <var title="">string</var> and let <var title="">value</var> be the
                    621: empty string.</p>
                    622: </li>
                    623: <li>
                    624: <p>Replace any "+" (U+002B) characters in <var title="">name</var>
                    625: and <var title="">value</var> with U+0020 SPACE characters.</p>
                    626: </li>
                    627: <li>
                    628: <p>Replace any escape in <var title="">name</var> and <var title="">value</var> with the character represented by the escape. This
                    629: replacement most not be recursive.</p>
                    630: <p>An escape is a "%" (U+0025) character followed by two characters
1.28    ! mike      631: in the ranges <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#ascii-digits">ASCII
        !           632: digits</a>, U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A to U+0046 LATIN CAPITAL
        !           633: LETTER F, and U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A to U+0066 LATIN SMALL
        !           634: LETTER F.</p>
1.19      mike      635: <p>The character represented by an escape is the Unicode character
                    636: whose code point is equal to the value of the two characters after
                    637: the "%" (U+0025) character, interpreted as a hexadecimal number (in
                    638: the range 0..255).</p>
                    639: <p class="example">So for instance the string "<code title="">A%2BC</code>" would become "<code title="">A+C</code>".
                    640: Similarly, the string "<code title="">100%25AA%21</code>" becomes
                    641: the string "<code title="">100%AA!</code>".</p>
                    642: </li>
                    643: <li>
                    644: <p>Convert the <var title="">name</var> and <var title="">value</var> strings to their byte representation in ISO-8859-1
                    645: (i.e. convert the Unicode string to a byte string, mapping code
                    646: points to byte values directly).</p>
                    647: </li>
                    648: <li>
                    649: <p>Add a pair consisting of <var title="">name</var> and
                    650: <var title="">value</var> to <var title="">pairs</var>.</p>
                    651: </li>
                    652: </ol></li>
                    653: <li>
                    654: <p>If any of the name-value pairs in <var title="">pairs</var> have
                    655: a name component consisting of the string "<code title="">_charset_</code>" encoded in US-ASCII, and the value component
                    656: of the first such pair, when decoded as US-ASCII, is the name of a
                    657: supported character encoding, then let <var title="">encoding</var>
                    658: be that character encoding (replacing the default passed to the
                    659: algorithm).</p>
                    660: </li>
                    661: <li>
                    662: <p>Convert the name and value components of each name-value pair in
                    663: <var title="">pairs</var> to Unicode by interpreting the bytes
                    664: according to the encoding <var title="">encoding</var>.</p>
                    665: </li>
                    666: <li>
                    667: <p>Return <var title="">pairs</var>.</p>
                    668: </li>
1.28    ! mike      669: </ol><p class="note">Parameters on the <code><a href="iana.html#application-x-www-form-urlencoded" id="application-x-www-form-urlencoded_5">application/x-www-form-urlencoded</a></code>
1.19      mike      670: MIME type are ignored. In particular, this MIME type does not
                    671: support the <code title="">charset</code> parameter.</p>
                    672: <p>For details on how to interpret <code>multipart/form-data</code>
1.27      mike      673: payloads, see RFC 2388. <a href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#refsRFC2388">[RFC2388]</a></p>
1.19      mike      674: <h5 id="plain-text-form-data"><span class="secno">4.10.22.2</span>
                    675: Plain text form data</h5>
                    676: <p>Payloads using the <code>text/plain</code> format are intended
                    677: to be human readable. They are not reliably interpretable by
                    678: computer, as the format is ambiguous (for example, there is no way
                    679: to distinguish a literal newline in a value from the newline at the
                    680: end of the value).</p>

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