- From: David G. Durand <dgd@cs.bu.edu>
- Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1997 15:12:55 -0500
- To: w3c-sgml-wg@www10.w3.org
At 11:09 AM 1/31/97, Tim Bray wrote: >Note: On this item, the ERB is leaning towards using the terms link, with the >obvious meeting, pointer for the pointy bits that point at things, and for >the >third term, what the current spec calls anchor, the ERB is contemplating >link end, end, and terminus. > >For the time being, and in order that Jon can read this without getting >headaches, the spec has been adjusted to use link, pointer, and terminus. > >1.4.a What do we call the container used to hold the bits that > point at other things? (in current discussion: link) >1.4.b What do we call the bits that point at other things? (in current > discussion: pointer) >1.4.c What do we call the things that are pointed at? (in current > discussion: terminus) I can deal with "terminus" or "link end". End is too generic for clarity, I think. And I think we need to separate address from pointer for reasons already posted. -- David I am not a number. I am an undefined character. _________________________________________ David Durand dgd@cs.bu.edu \ david@dynamicDiagrams.com Boston University Computer Science \ Sr. Analyst http://www.cs.bu.edu/students/grads/dgd/ \ Dynamic Diagrams --------------------------------------------\ http://dynamicDiagrams.com/ MAPA: mapping for the WWW \__________________________
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