[webkit-dev] Feature announcement: Custom Elements

[Dimitri Glazkov]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Benjamin Poulain <benjamin at webkit.org>wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Hajime Morrita <morrita at chromium.org>wrote:
>
>> I'm going to implement "Custom Elements" standard behind
>> ENABLE(CUSTOM_ELEMENTS) flag.
>> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcomponents/raw-file/tip/spec/custom/index.html
>>
>> Here is the tracking bug for the feature:
>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=99688
>>
>> Note that Mozilla is also working on implementing this.
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783129
>>
>> Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
>>
>
> Usually specs explain a bit what it is for and give examples toward that
> goal. Not this spec :(
>

This is all my fault. I've been focusing on getting the actual matter of
the spec right, guided by Mozilla's implementation feedback.


>
> Can you please summarize what problem Custom Elements is solving for for
> lazy people like me? :)
>

Custom elements are part of the bigger umbrella of Web Components. There's
a nice document that explains how everything fits in to the Web
Components--and here's the section on custom elements:
http://www.w3.org/TR/components-intro/#custom-element-section

Hope this helps!

:DG<
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