'email' element type

Jim Dabell wrote to <mailto:www-html@w3.org> on 7 April 2003 in "Re:
[XHTML2] Unicode line and paragraph separators"
(<mid:200304072045.28173.jim-www-html@jimdabell.com>):

> there are other elements that could be included that would be far
> more popular and appropriate for the medium (what about
> <email>jim@example.com</email>?).

The proposed 'email' element type is just a poor substitute for generalized
linking methods. We already have 'mailto' URIs and link elements.

-- 
Etan Wexler <mailto:ewexler@stickdog.com>

Received on Tuesday, 8 April 2003 04:34:18 UTC