[whatwg] Thoughts on HTML 5

Nils Dagsson Moskopp nils-dagsson-moskopp at dieweltistgarnichtso.net
Tue Dec 16 05:17:03 PST 2008


Am Dienstag, den 16.12.2008, 14:14 +0100 schrieb Giovanni Campagna:
> Maybe so-called "invalid" HTML attributes are not the only solution,
> but in my opinion it is a simple way to embed metadata within any
> element.
What metadata are you talking about ? Microformats already exist.

> Personally I prefer the latter (XML) solution, but there are context
> where using XML serialization is not possibile (for example in user
> generated content) so there is a definite need for a SGML way to add
> custom attributes without conflicting with standards.
HTML5 is not derived from SGML anymore.


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Nils Dagsson Moskopp
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