RE: adding addressing capabilities to the DOM

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> >
> > Further request, that xpointer be considered for one of the schemes
> > to answer a use case for a 'highlighted block' of content.
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> Could you elaborate on that?  What specific DOM functionality would help
> support that use case?  What method(s) would you suggest?
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>

I think maybe what he's suggesting is to extend the createRange function (or
add a new function to the Range API), which takes an XPointer *range*
expression. Although I haven't done much with the Range API, it seems like a
natural alernative (and simplication) to using the setStartXXX/setEndXXX
methods.

-aaron