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Bug 16260 - data-* intended use
Summary: data-* intended use
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 differences from HTML4 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Simon Pieters
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2012-03-07 18:42 UTC by Simon Pieters
Modified: 2012-09-14 12:33 UTC (History)
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Description Simon Pieters 2012-03-07 18:42:23 UTC 
"The only requirement on these attributes is that they are not used for user agent extensions."

Should probably be a bit more accurate here. The spec says:

"Custom data attributes are intended to store custom data private to the page or application, for which there are no more appropriate attributes or elements.

These attributes are not intended for use by software that is independent of the site that uses the attributes."
Comment 1 Simon Pieters 2012-09-14 12:33:57 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/html4-differences/Overview.src.html.diff?r1=1.199;r2=1.200
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments