- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:14:32 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Adele Peterson wrote: > > I was looking at the definition of a valid hashed id reference, and I > noticed some inconsistency. The first sentence says the string must > match the id attribute, but then the last parsing rule says that the > string can match the id or name attributes of the element. Right, the definition of "valid hashed ID reference" defines what's valid, and the rules for parsing a hashed ID reference cover how to parse them even if they're invalid. > If the parsing rule is correct, then should there be some rule for > determining which attribute should get checked first? And if the parsing > rule is correct, maybe the initial description should mention the name > attribute too. Why? Pointing at the name attribute is non-conforming. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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