Re: using the data* attribute to identify element sub roles

Hi Robin,

>We made a promise that data-* is an extension point. My understanding is
that we're also committed never to standardise an element or attribute name
with a >dash in it (again, extensibility promise). So it would certainly be
a bad idea to hijack data-* for something we put in the standard.

cool, good to know.

>I'm not sure what you're trying to do exactly, but it looks to me like
you'd want a subrole attribute?

sounds like it.

regards
Steve

On 18 February 2013 08:55, Robin Berjon <robin@w3.org> wrote:

> On 18/02/2013 08:26 , Steve Faulkner wrote:
>
>> NOTE: this is just a wild idea.
>>
>> allow the data attribute [1] to be used to identify element sub
>> roles:
>>
>> examples:
>>
>> <h1>heading</h1> <p data-p="subheading">**subheading</p>
>>
>>
>> <article data-article="comment"> blog post comment </article>
>>
>> allow data-elementname="subRole" pairs to be added to a public
>> registry.
>>
>> thoughts?
>>
>
> We made a promise that data-* is an extension point. My understanding is
> that we're also committed never to standardise an element or attribute name
> with a dash in it (again, extensibility promise). So it would certainly be
> a bad idea to hijack data-* for something we put in the standard.
>
> I'm not sure what you're trying to do exactly, but it looks to me like
> you'd want a subrole attribute?
>
> --
> Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/ - @robinberjon
>