Re: Identifying D-links with "rel"

> > 
> > So the consensus is that class is really better than rel and we pick
> > something like "wai-dlink" as  a reserved class name?
> > Jon
> > 
> 
> IMHO, the Dardailler-Ragget correspondence did not address specifically 
> the notion of "reserved class name" to be used by user agents. 

What do you mean exactly ?
To me, the reservation comes with the added wai- prefix.
 
> Actually, Ragget suggested that he wouldn't stick to an identical 
> interpretation of rel for LINK and A. Taking Ragget (and not the spec.)
> as the expert on the meaning of rel, it seems that rel is better since
> "conventions" on the meaning of its value are recognized (also 
> by the spec.)

I'd still maintain that CSS1 support i.e. begin able to do 
 
 .wai-dlink { display: none }

(which you can only do is class=wai-dlink is used)

is more important than more focus semantics of rel vs. class.

Received on Friday, 5 June 1998 03:11:47 UTC