[e] (0) Clarify IDs are not restricted.

Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=21282 Affected topics: HTML git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7872 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · May 30, 2013 · 63e3104 · 63e3104
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@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 28 May 2013</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 30 May 2013</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -9413,6 +9413,10 @@ <h5 id=the-id-attribute><span class=secno>3.2.3.1 </span>The <dfn title=attr-id>
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class=note>There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class=note>An element's <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>unique identifier</a> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -101633,6 +101637,7 @@ <h2 class=no-num id=references>References</h2><!--REFS-->
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 28 May 2013</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard &mdash; Last Updated 30 May 2013</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -9413,6 +9413,10 @@ interface <dfn id=htmlunknownelement>HTMLUnknownElement</dfn> : <a href=#htmlele
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class=note>There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class=note>An element's <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>unique identifier</a> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -101633,6 +101637,7 @@ if (s = prompt('What is your name?')) {
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -9276,6 +9276,10 @@ interface <dfn>HTMLUnknownElement</dfn> : <span>HTMLElement</span> { };</pre>
   <!-- space characters are disallowed because space-separated lists of IDs otherwise would not be
   able to reach all valid IDs -->
 
+  <p class="note">There are no other restrictions on what form an ID can take; in particular, IDs
+  can consist of just digits, start with a digit, start with an underscore, consist of just
+  punctuation, etc.</p>
+
   <p class="note">An element's <span title="concept-id">unique identifier</span> can be used for a
   variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment
   identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific
@@ -114100,6 +114104,7 @@ if (s = prompt('What is your name?')) {
   Olli Pettay,
   oSand, <!-- from reddit -->
   Pablo Flouret,
+  Patrick Garies,
   Patrick H. Lauke,
   Patrik Persson,
   Paul Adenot,