At http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2007/04/html_5.html PPK
suggests having an attribute for storing private data for scripts.
Currently, one can invent an attribute and it will work for scripts.
However, it will look ugly for conformance checking. Since this is
essentially a conformance definition issue as browsers would not be
required to implement anything new (assuming a new reflecting
attribute on HTMLElement is deemed unnecessary), adding an attribute
for script-private data would be rather easy.
I think it would be worthwhile to add an attribute for script-private
data to common attributes, so that scripters who need one and want to
be conforming don't need to abuse e.g. title.
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Henri Sivonen
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