- From: Randy <Randy@ProWebDesign.nl>
- Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 16:55:42 +0100
- To: Neerja Anand <neerja@kynex.com>
- Cc: "<whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
As far as I'm aware, Data Blocks should be or is part of HTML5. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Using_XML_Data_Islands_in_Mozilla for more info. HTH Sent from your iPhone On 7 feb. 2013, at 15:47, "Neerja Anand" <neerja@kynex.com> wrote: > Hello - it appears that XML data islands (originally created by Microsoft) > have been discontinued in the newer browsers. We wanted to request they > could be supported as an addon/plugin into the browser if not incorporated > into the browser by default. We understand that this was a Microsoft only > feature but they are extremely helpful to our business and their > discontinuation would highly affect our business. Our request is to make > them as an HTML5 standard, so all browsers would then have to support this > feature. This would make the life of us developers much easier. We are not > asking for Microsoft's version of XML data islands specifically, but would > want this feature as a standard in some version. We noticed there is > something new called Data Block which may be similar to XML data islands, > but couldn't find much information on it to proceed. If you know of Data > Blocks being an alternative to XML data islands, then if you could provide > some documentation or point us to the location where we can get more > information (with examples on how to use them) that would be very helpful as > well. > > > > Any feedback on this would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks very much in advance! > > > > Neerja Anand > > neerja@kynex.com > > >
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