On Wed, 09 May 2012 22:25:29 +0200, Kornel Lesiński
wrote:
Would it be possible to use "::" instead of the "x-" prefix in custom
element names? i.e. allow any name as long as it contains "::" somewhere:
This isn't namespace-well-formed XML.
or
1. The "::" is used for pseudo-elements in CSS, and for namespaces in
C++, both of which seem somewhat related.
This means that you can't target it without escaping in selectors.
foo\:\:bar
2. "x-" is (subjectively) ugly, and has been used for experimental
extensions elsewhere. IMHO it's a bit of an eye-sore in the otherwise
elegant design.
I agree that "x-" is not awesome.
3. document.createElement('::foo') works.
With createElementNS it doesn't.
parses (unfortunately <::foo> doesn't).
Use of "::" would naturally allow some namespacing of reusable
components:
(not True Namespaces in the XML sense, but IMHO that's also a good
thing). If I understand correctly, serialisation of "::" in XML isn't a
problem, as XML documents could use the is="" attribute instead.
This violates the DOM Consistency design principle.
The colon in element and attribute names is trouble. We should try hard to
avoid it.
--
Simon Pieters
Opera Software
