[Bug 12334] New: make <a name> valid again in HTML5

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12334

           Summary: make <a name> valid again in HTML5
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


I have detailed in [1] why I think <a name> should be valid again in
html5. I am then suggesting (a) to revert the semantics of <a> to the
html4 semantics: it's the source of an hyperlink and/or a named
anchor (b) to make <a name> valid again in html5.
I would not mind if a note is added asking web authors to prefer the
id attribute on an another element.

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011Mar/0367.html

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