HTML5 element: returned!

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Well, after hubbub, including some here at DZone, the HTML5 element has returned.
Paul Cotton, on behalf of the chairs of the working group, issued a revert request — and his explanation is interesting:
The Chairs have received multiple requests to revert change r6783.  
This change is related to bug 13240 [1] which was never sent to the HTML WG since it used a possibly incorrect Bugzilla component.  Since WG members were NOT notified of the creation of this bug the Chairs have decided that this change should be subject to the Enhanced Change Control rules in the WG Decision Policy [2]:
« Therefore during a pre-LC review, or during a Last Call, feature additions or removals should only be done with sufficient prior notice to the group, in the form of a bug, a WG decision, or an on-list discussion.

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