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

Hi Silvia,

Why not use microdata for this? E.g.
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> <h1>heading</h1> <p itemprop="subheading">subheading</p>
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> <article itemprop="comment"> blog post comment </article>
>

will look into that.

regards
Steve

On 18 February 2013 08:57, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hi Silvia,
>>
>> I realise what the current definition of data-* is
>
>
> The spec guarantees that it won't change. That's what I was trying to
> point out.
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/single-page.html#extensibility
>
>
>
>> I am exploring possibilities of how to resolve the use case I described
>> in my previous email.
>>
> i.e. how to identify sub roles in HTML
>>
>
> As a Web developer or in the browser? What's the effect of identifying
> subroles? Does it bear the meaning "this element is of type xxx"?
>
> Why not use microdata for this? E.g.
>
> <h1>heading</h1> <p itemprop="subheading">subheading</p>
>
> <article itemprop="comment"> blog post comment </article>
>
> Cheers,
> Silvia.
>
>  data-* may well not be the appropriate method as i said "wild idea"
>>
>>
>> regards
>> SteveF
>>
>>
>> On 18 February 2013 08:26, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> @data-xxx attributes are for authors only. We don't do anything in
>>> browsers with them and therefore will not standardise any @data-xxx
>>> attributes in the HTML spec (see the Extensibility section):
>>>
>>> "Authors can include data for inline client-side scripts or server-side
>>> site-wide scripts to process using the data-*=""<http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/single-page.html#attr-data-*>
>>>  attributes. These are guaranteed to never be touched by browsers, and
>>> allow scripts to include data on HTML elements that scripts can then look
>>> for and process."
>>>
>>> It's the safe way for Web developers to use custom attributes so, when
>>> you implement a WebSite you're free to do whatever you want with them.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Silvia.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Steve Faulkner <
>>> faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ansel,
>>>>
>>>> use cases, yes.
>>>>
>>>> the use cases I had in mind is that currently the definitions of some
>>>> elements have differing uses:
>>>>
>>>> article can idenity a 1000 word essay, a 100 word summary of said essay
>>>> and a 5 word comment on the same essay, but there is no method defined to
>>>> idenitfy the different uses. If there was a defined method, a range of
>>>> software could make use of it such as search engines and assistive
>>>> technology.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Stevef
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18 February 2013 07:59, Anselm Hannemann <info@anselm-hannemann.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:26:52 +0000
>>>>> Message-ID: <
>>>>> CA+ri+Vn+zcfZT5BP2w3x4WNwu2o2h9GvyPff0znDPVzqaxJYvg@mail.gmail.com>
>>>>> To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
>>>>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't understand the logic of the data-attribute yet. Shouldn't
>>>>> there be a reference to which the attribute refers?
>>>>> In that case to the h1-element. That means, for me it would be logical
>>>>> to have:
>>>>>
>>>>> <h1>heading</h1> <p data-h1="subheading">subheading</p>
>>>>>
>>>>> But then the semantics is away for the element attribute itself.
>>>>> I think I have a lack on use-cases here to can think of if this
>>>>> could work and is useful.
>>>>>
>>>>> / Anselm
>>>>> -----------
>>>>> Anselm Hannemann
>>>>> @helloanselm
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]
>>>>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data-with-the-data-*-attributes
>>>>>
>>>>> -- with regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve Faulkner
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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