MDN/Development/CompatibilityTables/Tribal Knowledge

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)