[dom3events] List of DOM3 Event Types

[Anne van Kesteren-2]

Does this list really make sense? A lot of these events are in certain  
scenarios also dispatched to other objects and may also implement  
different interfaces. This is true e.g. for load, error, abort, etc.  
(Consider XMLHttpRequest, HTML media elements, HTML img element, etc.)

I guess this table makes the most sense for where DOM3 Events defines how  
they are dispatched, but even then another specification could use the  
same event type in a different context for a different purpose. That  
should be made clear somehow.


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Anne van Kesteren
http://annevankesteren.nl/

[Doug Schepers-3]

Hi, Anne-

Anne van Kesteren wrote (on 9/28/09 11:37 AM):
> Does this list really make sense? A lot of these events are in certain
> scenarios also dispatched to other objects and may also implement
> different interfaces. This is true e.g. for load, error, abort, etc.
> (Consider XMLHttpRequest, HTML media elements, HTML img element, etc.)

Can you elaborate on the specific extensions, if they conflict with the
data in this table or the event type definitions?  I've tried to be
clear in the spec (in a few places) that host languages or APIs may
extend the interfaces.


> I guess this table makes the most sense for where DOM3 Events defines
> how they are dispatched, but even then another specification could use
> the same event type in a different context for a different purpose. That
> should be made clear somehow.

The prefatory material immediately before that list already says:

[[
When used with an [XML 1.0] or [HTML5] application, the specifications
of those languages may restrict the semantics and scope (in particular
the possible proximal event targets) associated with an event type.
Refer to the specification defining the language used in order to find
those restrictions or to find event types that are not defined in this
document.

The following table provides a non-normative summary of the event types
defined in this specification.
]]

If you still think further qualifications are necessary, please supply
me with some appropriate text for consideration.


Regards-
-Doug Schepers
W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs