- From: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:48:59 +0200
Nicholas Shanks wrote: > The only way I can see to have these in a well-formed DOM is by using > empty elements for both the start and end. > > <p>?<ins-start/>?</p><p>?<ins-end/>?</p> Right. Coming from the SGML world, that's called "paired elements" and they're usually linked through id and idref. That's how a range should be represented and a single selection is a range. > However, that said, I believe more strongly that the ins, del and mark > are metadata about the document, not specifically *part* of the > document, and as such, perhaps they need to be moved completely out of > flow, either into the <head> or into an auxiliary metadata file. They > are seldom used AFAICT, not being mentioned on [1], and I think there is > a valid reason for this lack of use which should be addressed. Are the > elements necessary in HTML, should the information they convey be > specified in another manner completely? Managing that in an editor would be a true nightmare. Please, please, please no. </Daniel>
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