Oops, I forgot about that. The guys at work do this, but they don't use a dtd and in fact don't even use a doctype and clearly don't validate. Oh well, it was a thought, if only half baked. :)
-Steve Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ wrote: > sure, slip in a different namespace and you can make your own tags > .... but it won't validate unless you do the dtd for it too. > > > On 11/1/06, Stephen Woodbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Or just adding an xml data island to your document that has everything >> you want it it and then parsing that using xpath. This is approach is >> much cleaner, should validate, and we already have the tools to parse it. >> >> -Steve W. >> >> >> Erik Beeson wrote: >>> In the case of adding metedata to divs, are these approaches any better >>> than just using nested hidden spans? >>> >>> --Erik >>> >>> On 10/31/06, *John Resig* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone - >>> >>> I just finished reading over the massive thread that discusses >>> embedding metadata into elements for later extraction. Well, I just >>> finished a plugin to handle all three metadata-extraction methods. >>> >>> You can see a demo here: (Uses Firebug debug statements!) >>> http://john.jquery.com/plugins/meta/ >>> >>> It's capable of extracting metadata from classes, random attributes, >>> and child elements. >>> >>> For example, you can do: >>> <li data="{some:'random', json: 'data'}">...</li> >>> OR >>> <li class="someclass {some: 'data'} anotherclass">...</li> >>> OR >>> <li><script type="sometype">{some:"json",data:true}</script> ...</li> >>> >>> The default is the first method, but you can always change it but >>> twiddling the options. This means that there is at least one option >>> here to appease you. >>> >>> There's also a bunch of options (like loading data into a single >>> property and the ability to ignore braces {}). Let me know what you >>> think of this - I know that I'll probably be using it very soon. >>> >>> --John >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> jQuery mailing list >>> discuss@jquery.com <mailto:discuss@jquery.com> >>> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> jQuery mailing list >>> discuss@jquery.com >>> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> jQuery mailing list >> discuss@jquery.com >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ >> > > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
