Re: problem with data-

That was the statements which was preventing us from using data- to insert mathML into a page so that it could be used by a plugin etc.  So I was never quite sure why we couldn’t use data- for that purpose but could for this purpose since both seem similar in my thinking.  I don’t remember who though putting the mathML into the data-mathml = “enter raw mathML here” thought that was a violation of the use of data-  But if this isn’t the case we could have created a plugin which could interact with the mathML.  Or there could be data-latex as another option.  Would be really good to know why we can’t do that or if the spec on data- needs to be updated.


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On Mar 11, 2019, at 8:13 AM, lisa.seeman <lisa.seeman@zoho.com<mailto:lisa.seeman@zoho.com>> wrote:


Folks, are we braking the html standard by using data- attributes?

I quote

"

Custom data attributes<https://www.w3.org/TR/html50/dom.html#custom-data-attribute> are intended to store custom data private to the page or application, for which there are no more appropriate attributes or elements.

These attributes are not intended for use by software that is independent of the site that uses the attributes.

"




From w3c schools (IE out in the wieled...)
"
Note: Custom attributes prefixed with "data-" will be completely ignored by the user agent."

In pother words we are going against how dat- is intended to be used.


All the best

Lisa Seeman

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