MDN/Development/CompatibilityTables/Tribal Knowledge
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Questions, terminology, things to know to get an understanding of the project and its moving parts.
Vocabulary
Terms we use to describe parts of the system.
- Browser, a web browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox)
- Version, a Browser version (e.g. Mozilla Firefox version 41)
- Feature (e.g. css background property)
- Feature Children (e.g. “Support for background-origin and background-clip” that’s part of the css background property)
- Support (i.e. entry that’s used to say Yes/No/..., the cell telling if a given version of Firefox "supports" the feature in question)
- Note (optional, localizable?)
- Label (localizable?)
- Note (optional, localizable?)
- Specification (e.g. CSS3 background specification)
- Section, a subsection where the feature is refered in a specification (i.e. The part of the specification that talks about background css property)
- Maturity, what’s the stated specification maturity level (e.g. Recommendation)