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[e] (0) Try to be more consistent about the use of the word 'error'.
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Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9356

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that help authors avoid fragile syntax constructs</dt>
<dt>Errors involving fragile syntax constructs</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that flag known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
<dt>Errors involving known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that protect authors from security attacks</dt>
<dt>Errors that risk exposing authors to security attacks</dt>

<dd>

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<dd>

<p>Some errors merely flag cases where the author's intent is most
unclear. Correcting these errors early makes later maintenance easier.</p>
<p>Markup where the author's intent is very unclear is often made
non-conforming. Correcting these errors early makes later
maintenance easier.</p>

<div class=example>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that allow for new syntax in future</dt>
<dt>Errors that could interfere with new syntax in the future</dt>

<dd>

<p>In order to allow us to extend the language syntax in the
<p>In order to allow the language syntax to be extended in the
future, certain otherwise harmless features are disallowed.</p>

<div class=example>
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restrictions on how elements and attributes can be specified. These
restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p>

<dl><dt>Errors that flag content with dubious semantics</dt>
<dl><dt>Errors involving content with dubious semantics</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that indicate a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that catch cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
<dt>Cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that encourage a correct understanding of the spec</dt>
<dt>Errors that indicate a likely misunderstanding of the specification</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended merely to simplify the language</dt>
<dt>Errors involving limits that have been imposed merely to simplify the language</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that avoid peculiarities of the parser</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve peculiarities of the parser</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended to save the author time</dt>
<dt>Errors that waste authoring time</dt>

<dd>

<p>Some constructs are disallowed because historically they have
been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time.</p>
been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time, and by
encouraging authors to avoid making them, authors can save time in
future efforts.</p>

<p class=example>For example, a <code><a href=#script>script</a></code> element's
<code title=attr-script-src><a href=#attr-script-src>src</a></code> attribute causes the
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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended to help authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve areas that affect authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that reserve space for future expansion</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve areas reserved for future expansion</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that help authors avoid fragile syntax constructs</dt>
<dt>Errors involving fragile syntax constructs</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that flag known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>
<dt>Errors involving known interoperability problems in legacy user agents</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that protect authors from security attacks</dt>
<dt>Errors that risk exposing authors to security attacks</dt>

<dd>

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<dd>

<p>Some errors merely flag cases where the author's intent is most
unclear. Correcting these errors early makes later maintenance easier.</p>
<p>Markup where the author's intent is very unclear is often made
non-conforming. Correcting these errors early makes later
maintenance easier.</p>

<div class=example>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that allow for new syntax in future</dt>
<dt>Errors that could interfere with new syntax in the future</dt>

<dd>

<p>In order to allow us to extend the language syntax in the
<p>In order to allow the language syntax to be extended in the
future, certain otherwise harmless features are disallowed.</p>

<div class=example>
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restrictions on how elements and attributes can be specified. These
restrictions are present for similar reasons:</p>

<dl><dt>Errors that flag content with dubious semantics</dt>
<dl><dt>Errors involving content with dubious semantics</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that indicate a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve a conflict in expressed semantics</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that catch cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>
<dt>Cases where the default styles are likely to lead to confusion</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that encourage a correct understanding of the spec</dt>
<dt>Errors that indicate a likely misunderstanding of the specification</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended merely to simplify the language</dt>
<dt>Errors involving limits that have been imposed merely to simplify the language</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that avoid peculiarities of the parser</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve peculiarities of the parser</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended to save the author time</dt>
<dt>Errors that waste authoring time</dt>

<dd>

<p>Some constructs are disallowed because historically they have
been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time.</p>
been the cause of a lot of wasted authoring time, and by
encouraging authors to avoid making them, authors can save time in
future efforts.</p>

<p class=example>For example, a <code><a href=#script>script</a></code> element's
<code title=attr-script-src><a href=#attr-script-src>src</a></code> attribute causes the
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</dd>


<dt>Errors that are intended to help authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve areas that affect authors migrating to and from XHTML</dt>

<dd>

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</dd>


<dt>Errors that reserve space for future expansion</dt>
<dt>Errors that involve areas reserved for future expansion</dt>

<dd>

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