- From: Philip TAYLOR <Philip-and-LeKhanh@Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:58:09 +0000
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- CC: Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no>, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
I have never understood why <A> was called "Anchor" in the first place; when teaching HTML, I invite students to remember the "A" as being associated with "Address" -- that is, the <A> element contains the address of a resource to which a browser might be directed. In my opinion, it would be sufficient to note that historically the <A> element was termed an Anchor, and to link to (e.g.,) the HTML 4.01 definition thereof. Philip TAYLOR
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