- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:52:18 -0700
- To: Mike Schinkel <w3c-lists@mikeschinkel.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On Apr 28, 2007, at 1:04 AM, Mike Schinkel wrote: > Maciej Stachowiak wrote: >> >> I imagine XPointer would work on the DOM, so it doesn't matter how >> the document was initially parsed. > > I think it would be incredibly beneficial if some method were made > that would allow for use of (something) XPointer(-like) in browsers > today. To make it work today, you'd need client-side scripting on the target page to find the right element and scroll to it. > >> (Side note: when people here say "tag soup" do they mean "non- >> conforming HTML" or "any HTML"? I can't really tell from general >> usage of the term. I always assumed it specifically meant non- >> conforming or otherwise "bad" markup, but people seem to use it as >> a dismissive way to refer to anything in HTML syntax.) > > Can't speak for others, but I meant "non-conforming HTML", but > since you can't generically know which is which form a URL, it is > effectively "any HTML." You can't generically know if something is HTML at all from a URL - it could be XHTML, SVG or a PNG image. Even if the URL ends in ".html". Does that make XHTML and PNG "tag soup"? I don't think that is what most people mean. Regards, Maciej
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