Re: Meta stuff[was: [Fwd: Review of HTML 4.0 Specification]]

On Sep 17,  2:37pm, Dan Connolly wrote:

> Those are all identified as links by the spec (except A NAME).

It's a head anchor, I thought it qualified as a link.

> Don't forget <form METHOD=GET ACTION="...">.

Right. And as you say, HTML 2.0 identifies even more


> > I hope that you don't really feel that group agreement is just "people
> > shouting louder"
>
> Not in all cases, but in this case, I feel it is just people
> shouting louder.

OK, I see the difference.

> I believe they were presented with technical
> arguments and refused to evaluate them. They offered no
> technical counterargument. They just said "but we like META
> and we don't like LINK."

Oh, I see.

> I remain in this position because I feel I
> have a mandate to speak out on architectural issues.

Yes, of course. On the other hand, if everyone jumps one way,
consistently, then that way becomes at least worth acknowledging -
like HTML 4.0 did for the fundamentally flawed HTML Frames, for
example.


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