- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:12:34 -0700
- To: Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Jun 12, 2007, at 4:15 AM, Henrik Dvergsdal wrote: > > I think we will gain precision by using consistent, spec-wide > terminology to distinguish between DOM attributes and attributes > defined on elements (reflected by the DOM Attr interface). The spec > uses (at least) three different terms for the latter: > > "attribute" > "content attribute" > "element attribute" > > IMO "element attribute" is the most unambiguous and descriptive > alternative. At least, simply using "attribute" should be avoided. I would say "markup attribute" and "API attribute" or "IDL attribute" for the two kinds. (Adding to the confusion, IDL attributes are reflected in ECMAScript as properties, but this has nothing to do with CSS properties...). - Maciej
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