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RE: linking, 80/20

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• Subject: RE: linking, 80/20
• From: "Jelks Cabaniss" <jelks@j...>
• Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 01:26:09 -0400
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Arjun Ray wrote:

> The point however, is that contextual aggregation of
> locators is necessary to any kind of multiway linking - and
> the essence of the *linking* semantic is in the aggregator,
> not the locators.
> 
> > If there had been a container element to aggregate <a> like
> > map-usemap, it would be a lot more complex -- at least for
> > authoring -- than a simple <a href="..."> with an
> > (understood) semantic of "replace", don't you think?  
> 
> Yes.  But I see no reason why the complex (or the obscure!)
> should be just as easy as the simple case to "use".  Most of
> the time, simple links will suffice.  When you need
> something more, it should be there too, but there is always
> a price for complexity.
> 
> Can you think of anything *simpler* than the <MAP> construct
> for what it does?

No -- for image maps, it's great.  I guess I'm having trouble
extrapolating this "aggregation" to other things.  Could you give a
(non-image map) example?


/Jelks

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