On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:51:39 +0200, Henri Sivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't like the idea of trying to encode the datatypes of data-* attributes in a validator-sensitive way. What datatypes would a validator support for data-* attributes? The HTML5 datatype library used by Validator.nu already contains 41 datatypes, but people will likely want to have others. The whole point of data-* is to provide a place where a validator doesn't go without authors having to abuse e.g. title which is a freeform but exposed to humans.
I agree.
The foreseeable problem with data-* is, of course, that microformat-like activity will happen there instead of going through the trouble of getting unprefixed validator-sensitive attributes minted with community review in the WHATWG and the HTML WG.
That'd be wrong as data-* does not allow implementation by UAs... Having said that, if we don't make it clear what the idea is that might end up happening in practice here and there.
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