As far as I know, namespaced attributes are perfecly legal in XML. XHTML is just an xml document with a DTD, so using wicket:id should be perfectly legal.
Cameron. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wicket-develop- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gili > Sent: Sunday, 13 March 2005 2:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Wicket-develop] Wicket prefix > > On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:25:39 -0500, Gili wrote: > > >On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:17:31 +1000, Cameron Braid wrote: > > > >>Is it not possible to use a namespace with attributes. For example > >>wicket:id='username' could be used. It's a wicket specific attribute - > and > >>is compatible with xhtml because it is in another namespace. > > > > If that is true then I will feel better about this situation > >but the last time I checked in Macromedia Dreamweaver or FireFox I am > >fairly sure it complained about this... I will give it another try and > >get back to you. > > Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we might have a winner. IE and > FireFox don't seem to complain about it but Macromedia states: "The > wicket:id attribute of the DIV tag is not supported [ list of browsers > ]" which I think is fine because it complains that way about all other > wicket-specific tags. > > Assuming we can prove 100% that this is legal XHTML and does > not violate the DTD (and we're not there yet) then this would totally > fix all our problems indefinately. We could always use "wicket:id" for > all wicket components, disallow the use of "id" (to prevent confusion), > and developers can optionally add an "id" to a tag but it would be up > to them to make sure it is unique across the page. For example, they'd > subclass one of our components and use an AttributeModifier to add an > ID tag for their personal use. > > Optionally (although I think we should always do this) Wicket > would strip away all Wicket specific tags such that the resulting code > would be 100% valid HTML and it would not be obvious to people viewing > our source that Wicket was even used. > > Where do we find out more conclusively whether wicket:id is > legal? Are there any good XHTML discussion forums? > > Gili > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Wicket-develop mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Wicket-develop mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wicket-develop
