Re: Correct usage of the q element

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
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>> [cite]
> I'm not sure I see what robots could do with those attributes.

I use the attribute myself. For example, if I am reading something I wrote
many months previously, I use the cite attribute to find the original
source of the text. (Good browsers offer access to the cite attribute in
their UI; when using others I just look at the source.)


> They hardly even try now

There are several sites that use them, for example:

   http://diveintomark.org/archives/citations/

...is generated using the cite attribute in posts.

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Received on Friday, 13 February 2004 12:29:49 UTC