- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:12:53 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
At 11:09 AM 1/31/97, Tim Bray wrote:
>1.4.d: What do we call the locator/adddress?
I think we need to distinguish between a "pointer" (an element or attribute
related to a link, that designates a particular terminus) and the "address"
(string component of a pointer that indicates a particular terminus).
Eg. a pointer might be the HREF attribute of an A element.
an address would be a URL.
I think pointer is good for what I say above (and compatible with the
working terminology, which I like quite well).
I think having the term address will ease the addressing discussion and
keep it orthogonal to attribute/element wars, and the like.
-- David
I am not a number. I am an undefined character.
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