Re: ARIA States and Properties Meeting

Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> 
> as HTML doesn't support namespaces.

Small point of order.

HTML4 doesn't support canvas or namespaces.

As of October, 2007, HTML5 choses to support canvas but choses not to 
support namespaces.  But it is fair to point out that HTML5 continues to 
be a draft, and subject to change.

Given that context, it is fair to talk about the reasons why HTML5 does 
not currently support namespaces, and the consequences (both positive 
and negative) to that state of affairs; but it is not fair to state it 
as if it were a foregone conclusion.

It is my belief that ultimately there will prove to be sufficient 
justification for namespaced or mime type qualified additions.

It is further my belief that if that realization occurs after the 
Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 timeframe, it will be more expensive to all to 
implement than if work began in earnest before that point.

- Sam Ruby

Received on Wednesday, 24 October 2007 13:30:34 UTC