Re: extension of markdown files

Sure - there are good schema for XHTML 1.1 and HTML 4.  My (admittedly
biased) preference would be for XHTML 1.1 with suitable limitations so it
just works in an HTML 4/5 user agent.  I agree that we cannot rely upon any
HTML5 extensions in basic specification.  HTML5 has not yet even entered
last call - it is stabilizing, but not stable.

If people are open to my ARIA suggestions, then there is a XHTML+ARIA
schema out there we could use.

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 November 2012 13:34, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote:
> > Earlier people mentioned polyglot markup and it seemed to scare others.
> > Polyglot is an HTML5-introduced term for something we defined way back
> when
> > for XHTML 1.0.  It just means markup that is valid XHTML and also works
> well
> > in HTML user agents.  The current generation polyglot spec is at
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/
> >
> > In my mind it is trivial to have MD output polyglot - and it means it is
> > readily parseable in an XML toolchain if someone wants to do something
> cool
> > with the output.
>
> Is there a schema against which output could be generated?
> If it's html5, I'd suggest it is not firm as yet, hence currently out of
> scope?
>
> regards
>
>
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:29 AM, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 20 November 2012 13:19, Shane McCarron <ahby@aptest.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> I really don't think a processing chain is within spec for the group
> >> >> Shane? Do you?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > No.  I was just saying that we could define one for our own internal
> use
> >> > if
> >> > we wanted to author the spec in MD but still produce W3C-appropriate
> >> > (X)HTML
> >> > output.
> >>
> >> Karl has kindly offered to do that for us, but agreed, it would
> >> perhaps be of use for others.
> >> another advantage of generating xhtml as apposed to html?
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Dave Pawson
> >> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> >> Docbook FAQ.
> >> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shane P. McCarron
> > Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Dave Pawson
> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> Docbook FAQ.
> http://www.dpawson.co.uk
>
>


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Shane P. McCarron
Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.