[Q] about attribute's name character.

• From: UCHIDA,Akira <uchida@happy.email.ne.jp>
• Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 11:31:38 +0900
• To: w3c-translators@w3.org
• Message-Id: <199805240231.LAA97778@skyhawk.asahi-net.or.jp>

Dear Editors and Translators,

I have a question about attribute's name in HTML4.0 document.

Please tell me the reason why "_" (under score) and ":" (colon)
are not discribe as attribute's name character in section 3.2.2
of the HTML4.0 Specification ?

| In certain cases, authors may specify the value of an attribute 
| without any quotation marks.
| The attribute value may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), 
| digits (0-9), hyphens (ASCII decimal 45), and periods (ASCII 
| decimal 46). We recommend using quotation marks evenwhen it is 
| possible to eliminate them. 

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   内田明 UCHIDA,Akira
   uchida@happy.email.ne.jp

Received on Saturday, 23 May 1998 22:27:56 UTC