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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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