Formal Objection Status

Issue Bug(s) Decision Formal Objection(s) Notes
ISSUE-31 alt-conformance-requirements # bug 8171, bug 9215, bug 9216 Adopt the REQUIREMENTS portion of the "Provide detailed instructions and examples for doing so to all readers of the HTML specification." Steve Faulkner's Formal Objection Poll Results
ISSUE-41 decentralized-extensibility # Don't provide an explicit means for others to define custom elements and attributes within HTML markup Jirka Kosek's Formal Objection Poll Results
TAG Comments
ISSUE-120 rdfa-prefixes # bug 7670 Clarify how prefixes work in RDFa, and document that they're an optional feature Tab Atkin Jr's Formal Objection Poll Results
ISSUE-129 aria-mapping # bug 10066 Adopt the ARIA in HTML5: change some role mappings Proposal (with a number of specific exclusions) Ian Hickson's Formal Objection Poll Results
ISSUE-142 poster-alt # bug 10642 The video poster is conceptually part of the media resource itself. Any short text alternative should apply to the resource as a whole, not just the poster image. John Foliot's Formal Objection Poll Results
LC-1 polyglot-rec # bug 12725 Advance HTML/XHTML Compatibility Authoring Guidelines to Last Call Lachlan Hunt's Formal Objection Poll Results
LC-2 alttech-rec # bug 12726 Advance HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives to Last Call Lachlan Hunt's Formal Objection Poll Results
LC-4 alttech-contradict # bug 12727 Advance HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives to Last Call Lachlan Hunt's Formal Objection Poll Results
LC-5 alttech-wg # bug 12728 Advance HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives to Last Call Janina Sajka's Formal Objection Poll Results

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