- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 14:36:35 -0600
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@access.digex.net>
- CC: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>, uri@bunyip.com, urn-ietf@bunyip.com, patent-issues@w3.org, Gordon Irlam <gordoni@base.com>
Al Gilman wrote: > > To do a little forward thinking, and follow up on what Larry Masinter said: > > > The "#fragment" notation is only used for named components. > > > > Makes a lot of sense to me. > > My initial stab at syntax for "where-it-says" was a > searchpart along the lines of ...?find="string-to-match" . Would you please research the www-talk archives or whatever to find the earliest dicussion of this technique that you can find? I have recently been informed that there is a patent application[1] out on this idea. I'm appalled that Nielsen would claim credit for this idea, which has been kicked around on public mailing lists for years. Yikes! Issued Aug 19 1997? [1] 659729 : Method and system for implementing hypertext scroll attributes INVENTORS: Nielsen; Jakob, Atherton, CA ASSIGNEES: Sun Microsystems, Inc., Mountain View, CA ISSUED: Aug. 19, 1997 FILED: Feb. 1 , 1996 http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/details?patent_number=5659729 -- Dan Connolly, W3C Architecture Domain Lead http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/ phone://1/512/310-2971
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