- From: Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 15:58:56 -0500
- To: joshue.oconnor@cfit.ie
- Cc: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>, Peter Krantz <peter.krantz@gmail.com>, public-html@w3.org
On Jul 2, 2007, at 3:17 AM, Joshue O Connor wrote: > > Robert Burns wrote: >> We should understand that @longdesc is the after-thought addition >> of fallback content to an element that is defined as canonically >> empty. >> @alt is also part of dealing with that problem. So I think we >> should deal with those two attributes in that context. > > Am not sure if I know what you mean by 'canonically empty'? Empty for > whom? Something is empty if it is empty, null, void or never meant > to be > filled. By canonically empty, I merely meant that the spec defines (requires) that there be not contents between the opening and the closing tags (creating our fallback content dilemma). Take care, Rob
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