- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:50:23 -0500
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Maciej Stachowiak wrote, quote:
> This is gratuitously incompatible with HTML4.01, where the Q
> element's CITE attribute is a URI. I don't think "harmony"
> justifies breaking compatibility.
unquote
aloha, maciej - i wouldn't classify it as breaking compatibility,
but as fixing an error in the 4.01 technical recommendation.
if SRC is used to point to a target, everywhere else but in the
Q element, wouldn't you consider that more than a lack of harmony,
but an error?
as long as there exists a CITE element, why not bring the cite
attribute defined for Q in line with the meaning of CITE as
expressed by the element named CITE.
this isn't trivial nitpicking, it's identifying an error and
attempting to address it,
gregory.
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