At 04:24 AM 28/06/97 +1000, Rick Jelliffe wrote: >> Why, historically, was the value of an ID restricted to Name? > >I think what you are saying is that names (e.g. IDs) should allow >the characters found in some other things that act like names, but >perhaps don't look like them No. I'm happy with Names being names. I'm wondering why the ID attribute has a value that's a Name, as opposed to being CDATA with the added proviso that it be unique. -T.Received on Friday, 27 June 1997 14:37:18 EDT
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