html extra atribute

Can anyone help me
this does'nt work in netscape but good for ie
<body example="somejunk">
.........
.........
</body>

i need this somejunk to retrive in java script as syntax goes here
<script>
var a = document.body.example
</script>

is this legal for now and future please reply
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riteshpoojara@yahoo.com

Received on Wednesday, 18 February 2004 02:19:37 UTC