- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 18:55:39 +1100
- To: trejkaz@xaoza.net
- CC: HTML List <www-html@w3.org>
Trejkaz Xaoza wrote: > Also, does <a/> really give any more meaning than <span/> these days? Now > that they both have the same attributes in XHTML 2.0, I'm surprised that <a/> > is even still there. :-D That's why the XHTML 2 draft states [1] # An a element defines an anchor. Since hypertext attributes such as # href may be applied to any element, this element is not strictly # necessary, being equivalent to a span, but has been retained to allow # the expression of explicit links. I personally don't think that's a very good reason to keep it, but there is little harm in doing so. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xhtml2-20040722/mod-hypertext.html -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/ http://GetFirefox.com/ Rediscover the Web http://SpreadFirefox.com/ Igniting the Web
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