On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:20:52PM -0400, Ben Trafford wrote:
>
> The main complaint the HTML WG had about XLink was that it didn't
> recognize the "href" attribute as a wonderful and unique thing that ought
> to have it's own special place.
>
> Since XHTML 2.0 has dropped a ton of familiar language, why should
> the "href" attribute remain untouched? As Elliote pointed out, simple
> XLinks do much of what the HTML WG requires.
They don't do anything at all until browser makers implement them and
developers use them. I wonder how many will feel the benefits to them
are sufficient to abandon the tried-and-true 'href'?
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Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
http://www.havenrock.com/
