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== Executive summary == | == Executive summary == | ||
Many important web content producers, including banks and Google, insist on using the non-standard HTML <code>autocomplete</code> attribute for either security or usability reasons. When writing HTML, such authors should declare and validate against a custom doctype including the <code>autocomplete</code> attribute. | Many important web content producers, including banks and Google, insist on using the non-standard HTML <code>autocomplete</code> attribute for either security or usability reasons. When writing HTML, such authors should declare and validate against a custom doctype including the <code>autocomplete</code> attribute ([http://www.benjaminhawkeslewis.com/legacymarkup/examples/html-4.01-strict-plus-autocomplete.html example HTML document]). | ||
However, there is currently no way to trigger the same user agent functionality with an attribute in XHTML. This constitutes an unnecessary obstacle to the adoption of XML-based markup. | However, there is currently no way to trigger the same user agent functionality with an attribute in XHTML. This constitutes an unnecessary obstacle to the adoption of XML-based markup. | ||