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I ran into this URL on a website:
<a href="#" title="Blue" data-indexable="1" data-name="color-blue" class="linkfilter color">Blue</a>
What purpose do the properties data-indexable and data-name serve?
There is no standardized meaning behind specific
data-*attributes; rather you create them for your personal needs. In this case, the name suggest that one will help index this element among others, or help identify its current location among others. The other, may exist to give additional information about the element and its value – there’s really no telling.As the specification says: