[whatwg] Element level XML and XSL attributes
Ian Hickson
ian at hixie.ch
Mon Aug 9 16:54:12 PDT 2010
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, Dr. Clue wrote:
>
> Having immensely enjoyed using w3.org standard XML/XSL transforms in my
> web projects , I would really like the HTML5 spec to consider the
> addition of two element level attributes (XML and XSL)
>
> These two attributes would at a minimum take URLs to the respective .xml
> and .xsl sources.
>
> Use cases include but are not limited to tabular data browsing , charts
> ,info graphics (SVG etc), news feeds, multi-view data, calenders and
> miles and miles of common every day activities. If one sees integration
> of data and presentation in an element of a page, those XML/XSL
> attributes could handle the vast majority of it.
>
> This should not be confused with page wide XSL references like <link
> rel="stylesheet" href="mystylesheet.xsl"> as often these days through
> various means , elements arrive in a page dynamically.
>
> Currently element level XML/XSL transforms require vendor specific
> object sniffing hacks to achieve those transforms, and having XML and
> XSL attributes while having a main merit all their own has the added
> benefit of eliminating the need for those hacks.
>
> These attributes also decrease the complexity of having multiple
> contributors collaborating on a page by allowing individual elements of
> presentation involving data and structure to be built standalone , and
> then integrated into any page presentation.
>
> As an additional option it might be nice if the attributing setting
> would allow the values to be either the typical URLs or the native
> Javascript objects created through the browser's Javascript API,
> although this latter aspect would simply be gravy.
>
> Making the w3.org XML/XSL standards more accessible from HTML has an
> amazing bounty of benefits and would be trivial for vendors to
> implement, since the internal code is in browsers (include gasp IE)
> going back a long long ways.
>
> I've been wishing for these attributes to appear for years, and the
> thought occurred to me yet again today as I embark on yet another
> project where XML/XSL will take a primary role in keeping my data
> separate from my presentation.
I encourage you to follow the process described in the FAQ for adding new
features:
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_there_a_process_for_adding_new_features_to_a_specification.3F
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