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Marcos Caceres edited this page Mar 28, 2026 · 6 revisions

prevRecShortname

Type: string Default: undefined

The shortName of a previous version of this document that is a W3C Recommendation. Used when publishing a new version (e.g., Level 2) of an existing Recommendation.

Basic usage

var respecConfig = {
  shortName: "css-grid-2",
  prevRecShortname: "css-grid-1",
};

Notes

  • Generates a "Previous Recommendation" link in the document header
  • Use when the current spec supersedes a Recommendation under a different shortName
  • Also see prevRecURI to specify the full URL instead of the shortName

Guides

Configuration options

W3C Configuration options

Linting rules

Internal properties

Handled by ReSpec for you.

Special <section> IDs

HTML elements

Custom Elements

HTML attributes

CSS Classes

Special properties

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