My reply quoted below...
(I hit "reply" instead of "reply all"; now I'm putting it back on the list).
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 6:27 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 2:07 AM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
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>> > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Tom Wardrop <tom@tomwardrop.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> I tried searching online for this, but came up empty, so I'll ask here.
>> >> Are there any plans to provide a mechanism for insulating part of a
>> HTML
>> >> node tree from globally defined CSS styles? The classic example is the
>> case
>> >> of a web-based email client. Emails contain their own style sheets and
>> HTML,
>> >> but how is one meant to display this within the context of another web
>> page
>> >> without resorting to iframe's. I don't see iframe's as solution as
>> they come
>> >> with scripting, security and usability limitations.
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>> > <iframe sandbox> is designed for this, possibly combined with the
>> "seamless"
>> > attribute.
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>> Custom elements would also solve this problem.
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>> Yes they would. It might be more work than simply resetting them in a
> scoped stylesheet. Also,
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> <disclaimer>
> Shadow DOM is still in draft stage
> </disclaimer>
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> Here are some examples of Shadow DOM.
> http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/webcomponents/shadowdom/
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> Draft:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/shadow-dom/#api-shadow-root-apply-author-styles
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Garrett
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