- From: Dimitri Glazkov <dimitri.glazkov@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 09:16:37 -0500
- To: public-html@w3.org
To me, predefined class names as part of HTML spec sounds like an incredibly bad idea. Whether abused or not, today's class attribute provides a beautifully elegant way to use underlying markup as a carrier wave, and as such I would hate to see this method regulated in the markup spec. The carrier wave should only act as an enabler. Regulating class names is not a bad thing, but IMHO it should be orthogonal to HTML spec development effort. Microformats come to mind as an example. The only intersection of the two should be adoption of painfully obvious common class name conventions as part of markup, i.e. new elements. Marking up copyright ingormation may be a good example. These are my two kopeks. :DG< On 5/10/07, Maurice Carey <maurice@thymeonline.com> wrote: > > On 5/9/07 11:33 PM, "Matthew Raymond" <mattraymond@earthlink.net> wrote: > > >> But HTML 5 spec will have to include a big red > >> shinny warn about misuse of role (and some other property), and will > >> also have to be very clear about the way it's used and the way to add > >> a role value to the spec. > > > > This assumes that web authors will even read the HTML5 spec. > > Considering how few have read the spec for HTML 4.01, that's hardly a > given. > > > It's easier to get people to use the validators than to read the specs. The > warnings there should be as clear as possible. Possibly with links to faq's > that we'll eventually write specifically for the new errors that will become > quite common for inexperienced users. > > > -- > :: thyme online ltd > :: po box cb13650 nassau the bahamas > :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ > :: tel: 242 327-1864 fax: 242 377 1038 > > > >
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