[c] (0) Take all the fun out of <embed> and data-*. (bug 5809) (credi…

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whatwg · Jul 1, 2008 · afd41a8 · afd41a8
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
    <h1 id=html-5>HTML 5</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft>Draft Recommendation &mdash; 30 June
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft>Draft Recommendation &mdash; 1 July
     2008</h2>
 
    <p>You can take part in this work. <a
@@ -2568,6 +2568,13 @@
    <dd><code>http://www.w3.org/2000/svg</code>
   </dl>
 
+  <p>Attribute names are said to be <dfn
+   id=xml-compatible>XML-compatible</dfn> if they match the <a
+   href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Name"><code
+   title="">Name</code></a> production defined in XML, they contain no U+003A
+   COLON (:) characters, and they do not start with three characters "<code
+   title="">xml</code>". <a href="#refsXML">[XML]</a>
+
   <p>The term <a href="#html-">HTML documents</a> is sometimes used in
    contrast with <a href="#xml-documents">XML documents</a> to specifically
    mean documents that were parsed using an <a href="#html-0">HTML parser</a>
@@ -7629,8 +7636,9 @@ background: transparent">blue&lt;/span>.&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <p>A <dfn id=custom>custom data attribute</dfn> is an attribute whose name
    starts with the string "<dfn id=data-
-   title="attr-data-*"><code>data-</code></dfn>" and has at least one
-   character after the hyphen.
+   title="attr-data-*"><code>data-</code></dfn>", has at least one character
+   after the hyphen, is <a href="#xml-compatible">XML-compatible</a>, and has
+   no namespace.
 
   <p><a href="#custom" title="custom data attribute">Custom data
    attributes</a> are intended to store custom data private to the page or
@@ -16208,8 +16216,11 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <p>The user agent should pass the names and values of all the attributes of
    the <code><a href="#embed">embed</a></code> element that have no namespace
-   to the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a> used. Any (namespace-less) attribute
-   may be specified on the <code><a href="#embed">embed</a></code> element.
+   to the <a href="#plugin">plugin</a> used.
+
+  <p>Any (namespace-less) attribute may be specified on the <code><a
+   href="#embed">embed</a></code> element, so long as its name is <a
+   href="#xml-compatible">XML-compatible</a>.
 
   <p>The <code><a href="#embed">embed</a></code> element has no <a
    href="#fallback">fallback content</a>. If the user agent can't display the

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -802,6 +802,13 @@
    <dd><code>http://www.w3.org/2000/svg</code></dd>
   </dl>
 
+  <p>Attribute names are said to be <dfn>XML-compatible</dfn> if they
+  match the <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#NT-Name"><code
+  title="">Name</code></a> production defined in XML, they contain no
+  U+003A COLON (:) characters, and they do not start with three
+  characters "<code title="">xml</code>". <a
+  href="#refsXML">[XML]</a></p>
+
   <p>The term <span>HTML documents</span> is sometimes used in
   contrast with <span>XML documents</span> to specifically mean
   documents that were parsed using an <span>HTML parser</span> (as
@@ -5798,8 +5805,9 @@ background: transparent">blue&lt;/span>.&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <p>A <dfn>custom data attribute</dfn> is an attribute whose name
   starts with the string "<dfn
-  title="attr-data-*"><code>data-</code></dfn>" and has at least one
-  character after the hyphen.</p>
+  title="attr-data-*"><code>data-</code></dfn>", has at least one
+  character after the hyphen, is <span>XML-compatible</span>, and has
+  no namespace.</p>
 
   <p><span title="custom data attribute">Custom data attributes</span>
   are intended to store custom data private to the page or
@@ -14000,8 +14008,11 @@ the time Marco had stuck his tongue out...&lt;/p></pre>
 
   <p>The user agent should pass the names and values of all the
   attributes of the <code>embed</code> element that have no namespace
-  to the <span>plugin</span> used. Any (namespace-less) attribute may
-  be specified on the <code>embed</code> element.</p>
+  to the <span>plugin</span> used.</p>
+
+  <p>Any (namespace-less) attribute may be specified on the
+  <code>embed</code> element, so long as its name is
+  <span>XML-compatible</span>.</p>
 
   <p>The <code>embed</code> element has no <span>fallback
   content</span>. If the user agent can't display the specified