On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>wrote: > Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > >> ... >> >> I'm not sure how markup in attributes is any worse than a data url, >> which contains precisely the same data and is in an attribute. The >> only difference is the name of the attribute and the escaping >> requirements. (There are a few practical differences between how data >> urls currently work and how @srcdoc works that can be significant, but >> they're not relevant to this particular concern of yours.) >> ... >> > > Well, data URIs are already there, while srcdoc would be a new attribute, > and we've been told by the editor that each new attribute in HTML costs > around 1 billion dollars in > specifying/implementing/deploying/documenting/teaching. > > Wow. Well my change proposals I'll be putting out in March will probably save enough to cover the US national debt. Darn, I'm good. > Furthermore, the data: URI scheme allows you to specify the mime type, so > the HTML vs XHTML question is already answered. > > Best regards, Julian > Shelley
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