Re: Open issues - REL

Oh good.

Charles

On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, Ian B. Jacobs wrote:
> The HTML 4.0 spec includes a list of 15 values for "rel" and "rev", some
> of which were already recognized by some browsers when we published the
> spec, some were not. The list is not definitive and not normative. The
> spec reads:
> 
>    "Authors may use the following recognized link types, listed here
>     with their conventional interpretations."
> 
> The spec also says that the list may be extended:
> 
>     "Authors may wish to define additional link types not
>      described in this specification. If they do so, they should
>      use a profile to cite the conventions used to define the link
>      types."
> 
> In my opinion, a W3C Recommendation is an excellent way to 
> establish conventions for new values. We can create a profile
> for the desired values and publish it as a W3C Note. 
> 
>  - Ian
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/types.html#h-6.12
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 

Received on Thursday, 9 July 1998 18:36:57 UTC