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Re: ISSUE-53: mediatypereg - suggest closing on 2009-09-03

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 02:11:40 +0000 (UTC)
To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
Cc: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>, "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0908260203550.13844@hixie.dreamhostps.com>
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> On Aug 25, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> 
> Changes look good. The section on the id attribute mentions the use of 
> id as a fragment identifier: 
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-id-attribute
> 
> I think it would be worth adding a similar note to the description of 
> the name attribute, perhaps something like:
> 
> "An a element's name attribute can be used for a variety of purposes, 
> most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using 
> fragment identifiers."
> 
> or perhaps:
> 
> "An a element's name attribute can be as a way to link to specific parts 
> of a document using fragment identifiers. The id attribute is 
> recommended instead for this purpose."

I've added text to this effect.

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