On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Leif Halvard Silli < xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> wrote: > Julian Reschke, Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:28:56 +0100: > > 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. > > > > Furthermore, the data: URI scheme allows you to specify the mime > > type, so the HTML vs XHTML question is already answered. > > +1 > > Sounds very convincing to me. We don't need to invent @srcdoc just > because we can. > -- > leif halvard silli > I agree with both Leif and Julian, in that I don't believe a good argument has been given justifying this new attribute. Shelley
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