- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:54:28 -0700
- To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak wrote, quote: >> This is gratuitously incompatible with HTML4.01, where the Q >> element's CITE attribute is a URI. I don't think "harmony" >> justifies breaking compatibility. > unquote > > aloha, maciej - i wouldn't classify it as breaking compatibility, > but as fixing an error in the 4.01 technical recommendation. Whether it is an error or not seems like a matter of taste, but it clearly does break compatibility. > if SRC is used to point to a target, everywhere else but in the > Q element, wouldn't you consider that more than a lack of harmony, > but an error? Actually, most places that point to a linked resource which is not embedded use HREF, not SRC. > as long as there exists a CITE element, why not bring the cite > attribute defined for Q in line with the meaning of CITE as > expressed by the element named CITE. > > this isn't trivial nitpicking, it's identifying an error and > attempting to address it, Error or not, we need to remain compatible. Regards, Maciej
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