Processing specialized attributes

There are two kinds of specialized attributes: those specialized from props for conditional processing, and those specialized from base for other purposes.

Attributes specialized from props should inherit conditional processing behavior by default, which should also work with their generalized forms. In other words, values in a new attribute specialized from props can be conditionally processed to filter or flag the element in exactly the same way as any other conditional processing attribute (such as platform or audience).

Attributes specialized from base will have no processing by default; any processing provided should be enabled to work with their generalized form as well.

See Attribute generalization for information on the syntax of generalized attributes.

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