Re: [xlink11] event handling of nested links

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:14:42 +0100, Norman Walsh <Norman.Walsh@Sun.COM>  
wrote:
> / Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl> was heard to say:
> | It is unclear how event handling should happen for nested links.
> |
> |  ...
> |   <div xlink:href="foo">xx
> |    <div xlink:href="bar">yy</div>
> |   xx</div>
> |  ...
> |
> | What happens when you activate (in terms of DOM3) the inner div  
> element for
> | example?
> |
> | I suggest that the specification gets a normative section on event  
> handling in
> | terms of DOM3 or if that is impossible with respect to exit criteria  
> in terms
> | of DOM2.
>
> The XML Core WG has considered this comment and concluded that it is  
> outside
> the scope of changes chartered for XLink 1.1. Please let us know if this
> satisfies your concerns.

It doesn't really as this gives problems finding an appropriate way to  
implement it so that it doesn't conflict with future definitions that  
might be given on the currently unspecified topic. Would it be possible  
for the XML Core WG to add a note about this being undefined in XLink 1.1?


-- 
Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
<http://www.opera.com/>

Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:48:58 UTC