- From: Dimitri Glazkov <dglazkov@google.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:36:32 -0700
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
- Cc: public-webapps@w3.org
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote: > On 9/28/11 2:12 PM, Dimitri Glazkov wrote: >>>> >>>> C.) Just don't allow components to be used in places that have a special >>>> content model. >>> >>> I prefer this one, because: >>> >>> 1. It is very simple. >>> >>> 2. It discourages people from using components in cases already handled >>> by HTML. >> >> +1 as a first step. We can start with this and see how authors react. >> I suspect that without actual running code and people trying things >> out, we could be debating this for a very long time :) > > We already have authors requesting a way of binding a data-presentation > component to a <table>. Which has a special content model. Man, I keep forgetting to put your table-as-chart use case on the wiki. I'll put it up tomorrow. > >> Also, the "content model" is a bit of a loaded term. It's only about >> what browsers actually do. IRL, it's perfectly ok to plop an<li> >> element anywhere in your DOM tree. The only special-casing logic that >> HTMLLiElement has is to deal with the rendering, as Morrita-san >> already pointed out > > For <li>, this is correct. > > For <table>, you're screwed when using actual markup. Take a look at > http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/js/live-dom-viewer/saved/1158 and tell me > where the table row and cell went in the DOM, please. Yeah... Table is a difficult one. > >> This is not the case for all elements though. > > Yes. > >> And we won't weed out all edge cases by principled studying. We gotta >> start simple and let >> peeps run code! :) > > While avoiding design decisions that permanently lock out things we already > know people want to do. No argument here, we need to fix the obvious boogers. BTW, When I said "running code", I don't necessarily mean "shipping code". I think it will be very useful to circulate a one-off build of Chromium that supports component model and let bleeding-edgers have at it. :DG< > > -Boris > > >
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