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- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:35:00 +0000
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ISSUE-127 (link-type-flags): Simplify characterization of link types [HTML 5 spec] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/127 Raised by: Julian Reschke On product: HTML 5 spec See http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10644 The spec currently allows link types to have different effects on <link> on <a>. That contradicts the goal of having consistent semantics of link relations, independently on where they appear. In fact, none of the currently defined link relations differ in this; the only difference is that some are said not to be allowed on certain elements (whether *that* is a good idea is a separate issue). Proposal: change the spec to define "effect on" for *all* elements, and have a separate flag/column to describe where they are allowed. This will simplify registries (see ISSUE-27), and also discourage definition of link relations that indeed have different semantics on different elements. Related mailing list thread: around <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Sep/0002.html>. HTML5-SPEC-SECTIONS [other-link-types]
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