On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, John Boyer wrote:
I was also thinking that inputs should allow optional use of
'name' attribute instead of ref *and* label. This would allow
implicit creation of a 'flat' data structure.
The idea of supporting name for a flat data structure seems fine.
I am not sure what people would think of the implicit label idea,
given that many web pages don't use the label element for the label
text for their input fields. Obviously that's poor practice, though.
Then, I was thinking that an input could also use a value
attribute (content string, not XPath) to indicate initial value
of the named node in the implicit flat data model.
Right, that makes sense for flat data models. For non-flat data
models though, a different approach may be more appropriate,
that loads all or part of the data model.
I also agree that further details are needed for various other
controls and their attributes, but seems best to take it one step
at a time.
Indeed. I have some ideas, and look forward to developing a cross
browser implementation as a JavaScript library to provide people
with hands on experience as the ideas evolve.
Dave Raggett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W3C lead for multimodal interaction
http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett +44 1225 866240 (or 867351)
