[Bug 12957] Is it possible to supply new semantic tag, just like <img>, <canvas> and <audio>, to support view and edit ODF document or PDF document in brower? These document formats are widely used. We hope they can be manipulated in brower directly with the help of

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12957

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2011-06-24 21:15:49 UTC ---
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Status: Additional Information Needed
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: ODFs and PDFs can already be included using <object>.  <img>,
<canvas>, and <audio> all have special features that are specific to the media
type that are not available using just <object>.  What are you seeking to gain
by introducing a new tag?  Browsers can already implement their own ODF or PDF
viewers or editors directly in the browser, and use those to handle <object> --
it doesn't need its own tag for that.  We'd only need a special tag if we
wanted to have special standardized behavior, like attributes or methods that
only make sense for PDF/ODF.

If you want browsers to implement in-browser viewing or editing of PDF or ODF
in <object> tags, rather than requiring the use of plugins, I encourage you to
communicate directly with the implementers of the browsers in question.

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Received on Friday, 24 June 2011 21:15:51 UTC