hixie: Remove redundant requirements on <a>; remove constraints on UI for <link>. (whatwg r3744)

hixie: Remove redundant requirements on <a>; remove constraints on UI
for <link>. (whatwg r3744)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2916&r2=1.2917&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3743&to=3744

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.2916
retrieving revision 1.2917
diff -u -d -r1.2916 -r1.2917
--- Overview.html 3 Sep 2009 12:37:11 -0000 1.2916
+++ Overview.html 3 Sep 2009 22:45:39 -0000 1.2917
@@ -9329,11 +9329,11 @@
   means to <a href="#following-hyperlinks" title="following hyperlinks">follow the
   hyperlinks</a> created using the <code><a href="#the-link-element">link</a></code> element,
   somewhere within their user interface. The exact interface is not
-  defined by this specification, but if present, it should include the
-  following information (obtained from the element's attributes, again
-  as defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified),
-  for each hyperlink created with each <code><a href="#the-link-element">link</a></code> element in
-  the document:</p>
+  defined by this specification, but it could include the following
+  information (obtained from the element's attributes, again as
+  defined below), in some form or another (possibly simplified), for
+  each hyperlink created with each <code><a href="#the-link-element">link</a></code> element in the
+  document:</p>
 
   <ul><!-- the order here is the order that makes most sense for a UI --><li>The relationship between this document and the resource (given
    by the <code title="attr-link-rel"><a href="#attr-link-rel">rel</a></code> attribute)</li>
@@ -9346,8 +9346,8 @@
 
    <li>The optimum media for the resource (given by the <code title="attr-link-media"><a href="#attr-link-media">media</a></code> attribute).</li>
 
-  </ul><p>User agents may also include other information, such as the type
-  of the resource (as given by the <code title="attr-link-type"><a href="#attr-link-type">type</a></code> attribute).</p>
+  </ul><p>User agents could also include other information, such as the
+  type of the resource (as given by the <code title="attr-link-type"><a href="#attr-link-type">type</a></code> attribute).</p>
 
   </div><p class="note">Hyperlinks created with the <code><a href="#the-link-element">link</a></code>
   element and its <code title="attr-link-rel"><a href="#attr-link-rel">rel</a></code> attribute
@@ -12939,10 +12939,10 @@
 &lt;/nav&gt;</pre>
   </div><div class="impl">
 
-  <p>Interactive user agents should allow users to <a href="#following-hyperlinks" title="following hyperlinks">follow hyperlinks</a> created using
-  the <code><a href="#the-a-element">a</a></code> element. The <code title="attr-hyperlink-href"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-href">href</a></code>, <code title="attr-hyperlink-target"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-target">target</a></code> and <code title="attr-hyperlink-ping"><a href="#ping">ping</a></code> attributes decide how the
-  link is followed. The <code title="attr-hyperlink-rel"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-rel">rel</a></code>,
-  <code title="attr-hyperlink-media"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-media">media</a></code>, <code title="attr-hyperlink-hreflang"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-hreflang">hreflang</a></code>, and <code title="attr-hyperlink-type"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-type">type</a></code> attributes may be used to
+  <p>The <code title="attr-hyperlink-href"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-href">href</a></code>, <code title="attr-hyperlink-target"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-target">target</a></code> and <code title="attr-hyperlink-ping"><a href="#ping">ping</a></code> attributes affect what
+  happens when users <a href="#following-hyperlinks" title="following hyperlinks">follow
+  hyperlinks</a> created using the <code><a href="#the-a-element">a</a></code> element.  The
+  <code title="attr-hyperlink-rel"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-rel">rel</a></code>, <code title="attr-hyperlink-media"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-media">media</a></code>, <code title="attr-hyperlink-hreflang"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-hreflang">hreflang</a></code>, and <code title="attr-hyperlink-type"><a href="#attr-hyperlink-type">type</a></code> attributes may be used to
   indicate to the user the likely nature of the target resource before
   the user follows the link.</p>
 
@@ -13307,7 +13307,7 @@
    <pre>&lt;p&gt;And then &lt;b&gt;Ian&lt;/b&gt; said &lt;q&gt;this might be right, in a
 gossip column, maybe!&lt;/q&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</pre>
 
-  </div><h4 id="the-q-element"><span class="secno">4.6.6 </span>The <dfn><code>q</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Working draft. </i><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/48">ISSUE-48</a> (UA-q-quotes) blocks progress to Last Call</span><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
+  </div><h4 id="the-q-element"><span class="secno">4.6.6 </span>The <dfn><code>q</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Working draft</i><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
    <dd><a href="#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
    <dd><a href="#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
    <dt>Contexts in which this element may be used:</dt>
@@ -15968,7 +15968,7 @@
  &lt;p&gt;He would play in the morning, he would play in the evening.&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/article&gt;</pre>
 
-  </div><h5 id="alt"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Controversial Working Draft. </i><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/31">ISSUE-31</a> (missing-alt) blocks progress to Last Call</span><p>The requirements for the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code>
+  </div><h5 id="alt"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1 </span>Requirements for providing text to act as an alternative for images</h5><p class="XXX annotation"><b>Status: </b><i>Controversial Working Draft</i><p>The requirements for the <code title="attr-img-alt"><a href="#attr-img-alt">alt</a></code>
   attribute depend on what the image is intended to represent, as
   described in the following sections.<h6 id="a-link-or-button-containing-nothing-but-the-image"><span class="secno">4.8.2.1.1 </span>A link or button containing nothing but the image</h6><p>When an <a href="#the-a-element">a</a> element that is a <a href="#hyperlink">hyperlink</a>,
   or a <code><a href="#the-button-element">button</a></code> element, has no textual content but
@@ -60633,7 +60633,7 @@
 
 
 
-  <h3 id="namespaces"><span class="secno">9.3 </span>Namespaces</h3><p class="XXX annotation"><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/60">ISSUE-60</a> (html5-xhtml-namespace) blocks progress to Last Call</span></p>
+  <h3 id="namespaces"><span class="secno">9.3 </span>Namespaces</h3>
 
   <p>The <dfn id="html-namespace-0">HTML namespace</dfn> is: <code>http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml</code></p>

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