[Bug 16869] HTML5 is missing mechanism for preventing clashes of vendor-neutral extensions

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16869

Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz> 2012-04-26 20:51:23 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> I don't think this is a spec bug, but instead an issue for conformance checkers
> such as validator.w3.org.

Sorry, conformance checker is bound by rules defined in HTML5 spec.
Currently prefixed attributes (except aria-* and data-*) are non-conforming in
HTML5. Currently HTML5 conformance checker must report its-* as non-conforming.
If not, then please point me at place in the spec which allows for this.

> You should file a bug on the conformance checkers which you would like to treat
> ITS as an "other applicable specification" as per
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/infrastructure.html#other-applicable-specifications

I want prefix-* attributes to be conforming even without applicable
specification if they are registered at Wiki page (yet to be created),
similarly to another few places in HTML5 which are relying on such lightweight
registries.

As prefixed attributes are not harmful to anything it is excessive burden to
request applicable specification for them, because then conforming documents
with such attributes will not be HTML5 documents but HTML5+some extension
documents. You can't explain why such document is not conforming HTML5 document
to average human being.

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Received on Thursday, 26 April 2012 20:51:28 UTC