- From: Dave J Woolley <david.woolley@bts.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 19:59:26 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
> From: glen@superexpert.com [SMTP:glen@superexpert.com] > > I'm confused regarding the reason why the A element that specifies an > anchor > to a document fragment requires an ending tag. What is the purpose of the > end tag of an A element when it names an anchor to a document fragment? I [DJW:] It's a consequence of using A for two purposes. The closing tag cannot be conditional on the attributes. The reason is possibly lost in time, as I don't know of anything that targets as having contents. -- --------------------------- DISCLAIMER --------------------------------- Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of BTS.
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