' +
								'ERROR: The attempt to fetch ' + url + ' failed with HTTP status ' + xhr.status + '.' +
								'Check your browser\'s JavaScript console for more details.' +
								'Remember that you need to serve the presentation HTML from a HTTP server.
' +
								'';
						}
					}
				};
				xhr.open( 'GET', url, false );
				try {
					xhr.send();
				}
				catch ( e ) {
					alert( 'Failed to get the Markdown file ' + url + '. Make sure that the presentation and the file are served by a HTTP server and the file can be found there. ' + e );
				}
			}
			else if( section.getAttribute( 'data-separator' ) || section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-vertical' ) || section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-notes' ) ) {
				section.outerHTML = slidify( getMarkdownFromSlide( section ), {
					separator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator' ),
					verticalSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-vertical' ),
					notesSeparator: section.getAttribute( 'data-separator-notes' ),
					attributes: getForwardedAttributes( section )
				});
			}
			else {
				section.innerHTML = createMarkdownSlide( getMarkdownFromSlide( section ) );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Check if a node value has the attributes pattern.
	 * If yes, extract it and add that value as one or several attributes
	 * the the terget element.
	 *
	 * You need Cache Killer on Chrome to see the effect on any FOM transformation
	 * directly on refresh (F5)
	 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5690269/disabling-chrome-cache-for-website-development/7000899#answer-11786277
	 */
	function addAttributeInElement( node, elementTarget, separator ) {
		var mardownClassesInElementsRegex = new RegExp( separator, 'mg' );
		var mardownClassRegex = new RegExp( "([^\"= ]+?)=\"([^\"=]+?)\"", 'mg' );
		var nodeValue = node.nodeValue;
		if( matches = mardownClassesInElementsRegex.exec( nodeValue ) ) {
			var classes = matches[1];
			nodeValue = nodeValue.substring( 0, matches.index ) + nodeValue.substring( mardownClassesInElementsRegex.lastIndex );
			node.nodeValue = nodeValue;
			while( matchesClass = mardownClassRegex.exec( classes ) ) {
				elementTarget.setAttribute( matchesClass[1], matchesClass[2] );
			}
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
	/**
	 * Add attributes to the parent element of a text node,
	 * or the element of an attribute node.
	 */
	function addAttributes( section, element, previousElement, separatorElementAttributes, separatorSectionAttributes ) {
		if ( element != null && element.childNodes != undefined && element.childNodes.length > 0 ) {
			previousParentElement = element;
			for( var i = 0; i < element.childNodes.length; i++ ) {
				childElement = element.childNodes[i];
				if ( i > 0 ) {
					j = i - 1;
					while ( j >= 0 ) {
						aPreviousChildElement = element.childNodes[j];
						if ( typeof aPreviousChildElement.setAttribute == 'function' && aPreviousChildElement.tagName != "BR" ) {
							previousParentElement = aPreviousChildElement;
							break;
						}
						j = j - 1;
					}
				}
				parentSection = section;
				if( childElement.nodeName ==  "section" ) {
					parentSection = childElement ;
					previousParentElement = childElement ;
				}
				if ( typeof childElement.setAttribute == 'function' || childElement.nodeType == Node.COMMENT_NODE ) {
					addAttributes( parentSection, childElement, previousParentElement, separatorElementAttributes, separatorSectionAttributes );
				}
			}
		}
		if ( element.nodeType == Node.COMMENT_NODE ) {
			if ( addAttributeInElement( element, previousElement, separatorElementAttributes ) == false ) {
				addAttributeInElement( element, section, separatorSectionAttributes );
			}
		}
	}
	/**
	 * Converts any current data-markdown slides in the
	 * DOM to HTML.
	 */
	function convertSlides() {
		var sections = document.querySelectorAll( '[data-markdown]');
		for( var i = 0, len = sections.length; i < len; i++ ) {
			var section = sections[i];
			// Only parse the same slide once
			if( !section.getAttribute( 'data-markdown-parsed' ) ) {
				section.setAttribute( 'data-markdown-parsed', true )
				var notes = section.querySelector( 'aside.notes' );
				var markdown = getMarkdownFromSlide( section );
                var rendered = marked( markdown );
                rendered = preventXSS(rendered);
                
				section.innerHTML = rendered;
				addAttributes( 	section, section, null, section.getAttribute( 'data-element-attributes' ) ||
								section.parentNode.getAttribute( 'data-element-attributes' ) ||
								DEFAULT_ELEMENT_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR,
								section.getAttribute( 'data-attributes' ) ||
								section.parentNode.getAttribute( 'data-attributes' ) ||
								DEFAULT_SLIDE_ATTRIBUTES_SEPARATOR);
				// If there were notes, we need to re-add them after
				// having overwritten the section's HTML
				if( notes ) {
					section.appendChild( notes );
				}
			}
		}
	}
	// API
	return {
		initialize: function() {
			processSlides();
			convertSlides();
		},
		// TODO: Do these belong in the API?
		processSlides: processSlides,
		convertSlides: convertSlides,
		slidify: slidify
	};
}));