Re: Justification for the cite attribute on ins&del

• From: James Graham <jg307@cam.ac.uk>
• Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:28:54 +0100
• To: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
• CC: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <47172756.2070406@cam.ac.uk>

Karl Dubost wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> James Graham (18 oct. 2007 - 17:25) :
>> Is there a reason this would be better than a plain <a>, perhaps as 
>> the child of the <ins> or <del> elements? I can see several advantages 
>> of using <a> - principally that it is well understood by all UAs - and 
>> no obvious disadvantages.
> 
> <p>The fool is
>    <del>
>       <a href="http://example.org/clinton">Clinton</a>
>    </del>
>    <ins cite="http://example.org/changes">
>       <a href="http://example.org/bush">Bush</a>
>    </ins>
> </p>
> 

Ah, that would be an obvious disadvantage indeed :)

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