Re: text for error #141

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 09:13, David Dorward wrote:
> On 3 Feb 2004, at 08:45, Ian Stuart wrote:
> 
> >
> > Error 141 if for a duplicate ID. Here is my proposal for the text for
> > this message:
> >
> > "This attribute may only appear once in any (x)html document.
> 
> This is wrong, the attribute may appear many times in a document,
> but each time it must have a different value.
My incorrect phrasing (which is why I like the idea of dicussion &
discourse)

> Perhaps:
> 
> "An id is a unique identifier, each time this attribute is used in a 
> document
> it must have a different value. If you are using this attribute as a 
> hock for
> style sheets it may be more appropriate to use classes (which group 
> elements)."
That reads much better than my version :-)
Thanks.

PS: "hock" => "hook"

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