- From: Larry Masinter <masinter@adobe.com>
- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:41:02 -0700
- To: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- CC: Travis Leithead <Travis.Leithead@microsoft.com>, Eliot Graff <Eliot.Graff@microsoft.com>, "spec-prod@w3.org" <spec-prod@w3.org>
Define a URN scheme for spec references. In a world where URNs work, the source format would be better than the destination. -----Original Message----- From: Marcos Caceres [mailto:w3c@marcosc.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:21 AM To: Robin Berjon Cc: Travis Leithead; Eliot Graff; spec-prod@w3.org Subject: Re: Is there a way in respec to hyperlink to external refs? On Wednesday, 29 August 2012 at 10:38, Robin Berjon wrote: > 2) Scheme-based > > Just extend the current way of referring to definitions — which is simply <a>dfn-name</a> — with a magical scheme. So referring to a definition in another spec would just be <a href='spec:dom4'>Node</a> or <a href='spec:dom4#node'>the Node interface</a>. Yes, it violates WebArch. It's a source format, though, so I don't think that matters (send the Architecture Police!). > I like this one. Feels more natural than the other ones - and violating WebArch makes you feel like a standards-badass, which is a bonus! -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
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