- From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 11:35:13 -0700
- To: <ricko@allette.com.au>, <w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org>
At 04:24 AM 28/06/97 +1000, Rick Jelliffe wrote: >> Why, historically, was the value of an ID restricted to Name? > >I think what you are saying is that names (e.g. IDs) should allow >the characters found in some other things that act like names, but >perhaps don't look like them No. I'm happy with Names being names. I'm wondering why the ID attribute has a value that's a Name, as opposed to being CDATA with the added proviso that it be unique. -T.
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