Re: Is "data-" a conforming data-* attribute name?

On Tue, 27 May 2008 10:00:48 +0200, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi> wrote:
>> Every HTML element  may have any number of attributes starting with the  
>> string "data-" specified, with any value.
>
> The attribute name "data-" starts with "data-". Is it intentional to  
> allow "data-" as a conforming data-* attribute?
>
> (The (X)HTML5 preset schemas on Validator.nu are now magic [and allow]  
> attributes whose name starts with "data-" on elements in the HTML  
> namespace-- including "data-" itself.)

I don't think it makes sense to allow "data-" as you can't access it using  
dataset. Unless dataset[""] = x works I suppose. Does it?


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