Re: Odd case sensitive rules regarding <A name="abc">

> From: Ian Hickson <exxieh@bath.ac.uk>
> Can someone explan the logic in this?

I cannot explain the logic..., just going to express my opinion here
about...

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/links.html#h-12.2.1

>	 * Uniqueness: Anchor names must be unique within a document.
>	 Anchor names that differ only in case may not appear in the
>	 same document

The latter statement about the case should be deleted. Let the anchor
name be a string of octets and compared as is. Furher down there is

> Anchor names should be restricted to ASCII characters. Please
> consult the appendix for more information about non-ASCII characters
> in URI attribute values.

This is a direct result of the "case insensivity" statement. If you
remove that, you don't need to limit anchor names to ASCII either.

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Received on Wednesday, 18 February 1998 05:14:48 UTC