Ryan King wrote:
I'm not sure it's clear that we need a general mechanism. AFAIK, the
only real problem is with datetime fields. Everything else seems to work
pretty well now.
Geo information is also problematic.
For example, should HTML 5 define a uf-data='' attribute as a common
attribute such that the value of this attribute would be considered in
preference over textContent by microformat consumers? Or should HTML 5
just mitigate the damage to the title attribute by defining a boolean
attribute title-is-uf='' for flagging title='' attributes not meant
for human consumption?
I don't think so. This fails to solve a specific problem (solves a
general problem that I'm not sure we need to solve). It also encourages
hiding data, which is Not a Good Thing(tm).
How would that encourage more hiding data than the current use of title?
P
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