- From: Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:38:47 +0100
- To: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On 10 Sep 2009, at 02:50, Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > Toby Inkster On 09-09-09 23.40: > >> Specialising it using an attribute seems preferable to creating a >> different element for each usage. I'd suggest not using @type >> though because its syntax would conflict with the attribute of >> the same name on <a>, <link>, <script>, <object>, etc. > > It fits with how @type is used for the <input> element. And with > HTML 4's <ol type="A"> and <ul type="square">. True - I'd forgotten about those. The @type attributes of <ol> and <ul> have been removed from HTML5 though. input@type is a big inconsistency with other uses of @type, but it's too late to do anything about that. -- Toby A Inkster <mailto:mail@tobyinkster.co.uk> <http://tobyinkster.co.uk>
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