Re: HTML ID case question

From: Bjoern Hoehrmann (derhoermi@gmx.net)
Date: Thu, Jul 12 2001

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    From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
    To: Terje Bless <link@tss.no>
    Cc: www-validator@w3.org
    Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 02:05:43 +0200
    Message-ID: <6qesktkj3jrg3qmavah6bd3tlpsthf7g35@4ax.com>
    Subject: Re: HTML ID case question
    
    * Terje Bless wrote:
    >On 12.07.01 at 12:57, Eric Meyer <emeyer@netscape.com> wrote:
    >
    >>I'd like to VERY strongly recommend that this error get an 
    >>"explanation..." link in the validator results.
    >
    >I'll whip something up this weekend so it's in the next sync.
    
    What about:
    
      "While user-agents must treat values of the id attribute
       case-sensitive, they must still be case-insensitive unique
       in the document. See ... for further information."
    
    What about a feature in checklink to check if URI references
    point to a valid anchor name?
    
    >[ I've been holding off until someone explained the "correct" ]
    >[ behaviour to me in big letters and little words. :-)        ]
    
    I like to see somebody explaining me why section 7.5.2 of HTML 4.01 says
    
      "id = name [CS]"
    
    and not
    
      "id = id [CS]"
    
    as the attribute index and the DTDs do...
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