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Example of a URI that isn't a URL?

It's been explained to me numerous times that all URLs are URIs but not all URIs are URLs. Can anyone …

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How to remove data-* attributes using HTML5 dataset

According to the dataset spec, how is element.dataset meant to delete data attributes? Consider: <p id="example" data-a="…

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What are the url parameters naming convention or standards to follow

Are there any naming conventions or standards for Url parameters to be followed. I generally use camel casing like userId …

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Specifying the value output of of an HTML5 input type = date?

I'd like to add native date pickers to my application, which currently uses a legacy, home-rolled system. Date input support …

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Multiple CSS Classes: Properties Overlapping based on the order defined

Is there a rule in CSS that determines the cascading order when multiple classes are defined on an element? (class="…

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CSS block elements on a line

What's the most common way to deal with a series of block elements that need to be on a line (…

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content attribute of img elements

While inspecting the Chrome Dev tools, I noticed the following CSS fragment: img { content: url(image-src.png); } which works perfectly …

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Why <big> is not in HTML 5 Tag list while <small> is?

Shouldn't both be removed? Or does it mean we should use <small>? Why is <big> removed …

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Do SVG docs support custom data- attributes?

In HTML5, elements can have arbitrary metadata stored in XML attributes whose names start with data- such as <p …

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Why is there no OFFICIAL JavaScript reference?

I tried to search for a JavaScript reference, but there's none available. The best two suggested sources are MDN (Mozilla …

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