- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:44:06 +0000
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Update of /sources/public/html5/spec In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv23475 Modified Files: Overview.html Log Message: data-* attributes and JS libraries: some advice (whatwg r4462) Index: Overview.html =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v retrieving revision 1.3561 retrieving revision 1.3562 diff -u -d -r1.3561 -r1.3562 --- Overview.html 5 Jan 2010 00:31:55 -0000 1.3561 +++ Overview.html 5 Jan 2010 00:44:03 -0000 1.3562 @@ -7343,6 +7343,16 @@ these attributes or values. Specifications intended for user agents must not define these attributes to have any meaningful values.</p> + </div><p>JavaScript libraries may use the <span>custom data + attributes</span>, as they are considered to be part of the page on + which they are used. Authors of libraries that are reused by many + authors are encouraged to include their name in the attribute names, + to reduce the risk of clashes.<div class="example"> + + <p>For example, a library called "DoQuery" could use attribute + names like <code title="">data-doquery-range</code>, and a library + called "jJo" could use attributes names like <code title="">data-jjo-range</code>.</p> + </div><h4 id="element-definitions"><span class="secno">3.2.4 </span>Element definitions</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Last call for comments</i><p>Each element in this specification has a definition that includes the following information:<dl><dt>Categories</dt>
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