[whatwg] HTML syntax: shortcuts for 'id' and 'class' attributes

[Andrew Fedoniouk]

While we are on the subject of discussing HTML syntax....

How about following (wild) idea?

To allow following notation (borrowed from CSS selectors):

<p.myclass>...</p> is equivalent of 
<p class="myclass">...</p> 

<p#myid>...</p> is equivalent of 
<p id="myid">...</p> 

<p.myclass1.myclass2>...</p> is equivalent of 
<p class="myclass1 myclass2">...</p> 

<p#myid.myclass1.myclass2>...</p> is equivalent of 
<p id="myid" class="myclass1 myclass2">...</p> 

It is syntax sugar of course but at least it will reduce amount of data 
needs to be sent over the wire.

Andrew Fedoniouk.
http://terrainformatica.com