- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:34:46 +0000 (UTC)
- To: "Michael(tm) Smith" <mike@w3.org>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Michael(tm) Smith wrote: > Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>, 2009-08-26 02:28 +0000: > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > > If we actually defined each element and each attribute in the way > > > that HTML4 does *and* define its operational behavior for the DOM > > > then the specification would satisfy all implementations. > > > > I don't know what it means to "define" an element if that is not to > > define its operational behaviour. > > It means defining what the element represents. "represents" in the HTML5 spec when used about elements and attributes is a term that just refers to the media-independent rendering of those features, which as far as I can tell doesn't apply to <a name>. Did you have something else in mind? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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