[whatwg] Private class names (was: "several messages about HTML5")

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2007-02-21 à 16:58, Elliotte Harold a écrit :

> Michel Fortin wrote:
>
>> t that, I would like to suggest that the current text be changed  
>> to reserve class names starting with a dash "-" for private use.  
>> That way that we would have a pool of class names which are  
>> guarantied to not be taken over later when new predefined class  
>> names are added.
>
> Good idea. Should we follow MIME types, and maybe make these x-  
> instead of simply -?

That could also work, but based on aesthetics I still prefer my first  
proposal.

     <p class="x-superparagraph">You are here</p>

     .x-superparagraph { font-size: 90% }


     <p class="-superparagraph">You are here</p>

     .-superparagraph { font-size: 90% }


> Also, should we reserve one spac eof names for the spec? e.g. html-?

It seems to me that the current spec allows itself to define any  
class name as its own while still allowing authors to use any yet- 
undefined ones. Are you suggesting that the spec disallows the use of  
undefined class names starting with "html-"? What would be the purpose?


Michel Fortin
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