On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com> wrote: > The reason we have not been able to merge the two is that srcset is > specified in such a way that it is tightly bound to HTMLImageElement > (meaning we can't reuse it with <source>); and the source element is > tightly bound with media elements (audio and video), meaning we can't use > it with <picture> without rewriting that part of HTML5. Because of the way > HTML5 has been written (there is always an explicit tight coupling between > algorithms, concepts, and elements - which is great for clarity), there is > no simple way to reuse components from HTML5 in extension specifications > such as <picture>. > Sure there is. You just need to say which parts of the HTML5 spec you are replacing or extending. I do wonder whether reusing <source> is a good idea or whether it should just be something different for images... Silvia.
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