- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 08:31:34 +0000
- To: Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>
- Cc: Anselm Hannemann <info@anselm-hannemann.com>, public-html@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VnFOQJ16HHqCO_6OJvs+7euwUNr6fOOPpxNJPkgtwZB7A@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Silvia, I realise what the current definition of data-* is I am exploring possibilities of how to resolve the use case I described in my previous email. i.e. how to identify sub roles in HTML data-* may well not be the appropriate method as i said "wild idea" regards SteveF On 18 February 2013 08:26, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>wrote: > @data-xxx attributes are for authors only. We don't do anything in > browsers with them and therefore will not standardise any @data-xxx > attributes in the HTML spec (see the Extensibility section): > > "Authors can include data for inline client-side scripts or server-side > site-wide scripts to process using the data-*=""<http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/single-page.html#attr-data-*> > attributes. These are guaranteed to never be touched by browsers, and > allow scripts to include data on HTML elements that scripts can then look > for and process." > > It's the safe way for Web developers to use custom attributes so, when you > implement a WebSite you're free to do whatever you want with them. > > Cheers, > Silvia. > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:12 PM, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Ansel, >> >> use cases, yes. >> >> the use cases I had in mind is that currently the definitions of some >> elements have differing uses: >> >> article can idenity a 1000 word essay, a 100 word summary of said essay >> and a 5 word comment on the same essay, but there is no method defined to >> idenitfy the different uses. If there was a defined method, a range of >> software could make use of it such as search engines and assistive >> technology. >> >> >> regards >> Stevef >> >> >> On 18 February 2013 07:59, Anselm Hannemann <info@anselm-hannemann.com>wrote: >> >>> From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> >>> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:26:52 +0000 >>> Message-ID: < >>> CA+ri+Vn+zcfZT5BP2w3x4WNwu2o2h9GvyPff0znDPVzqaxJYvg@mail.gmail.com> >>> To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org> >>> NOTE: this is just a wild idea. >>> >>> allow the data attribute [1] to be used to identify element sub roles: >>> >>> examples: >>> >>> <h1>heading</h1> <p data-p="subheading">subheading</p> >>> >>> <article data-article="comment"> blog post comment </article> >>> >>> allow data-elementname="subRole" pairs to be added to a public registry. >>> >>> thoughts? >>> >>> I don't understand the logic of the data-attribute yet. Shouldn't there >>> be a reference to which the attribute refers? >>> In that case to the h1-element. That means, for me it would be logical >>> to have: >>> >>> <h1>heading</h1> <p data-h1="subheading">subheading</p> >>> >>> But then the semantics is away for the element attribute itself. >>> I think I have a lack on use-cases here to can think of if this >>> could work and is useful. >>> >>> / Anselm >>> ----------- >>> Anselm Hannemann >>> @helloanselm >>> >>> [1] >>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#embedding-custom-non-visible-data-with-the-data-*-attributes >>> >>> -- with regards >>> >>> Steve Faulkner >>> >>> >> >> <http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html> >> > > <http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html>
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