- From: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:04:50 -0400
- To: "UCHIDA,Akira" <uchida@happy.email.ne.jp>
- CC: w3c-translators@w3.org
UCHIDA,Akira wrote: > > 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. Hello, I'll forward this to the HTML Coordination Group for clarification. Thank you, - Ian -- Ian Jacobs (jacobs@w3.org) Tel/Fax: (212) 684-1814 http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
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