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Re: Re: Can XLink be fixed?

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• Subject: Re: Re: Can XLink be fixed?
• From: Matt Gushee <mgushee@h...>
• Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:42:54 -0600
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On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:20:52PM -0400, Ben Trafford wrote:
> 
>         The main complaint the HTML WG had about XLink was that it didn't 
> recognize the "href" attribute as a wonderful and unique thing that ought 
> to have it's own special place.
> 
>         Since XHTML 2.0 has dropped a ton of familiar language, why should 
> the "href" attribute remain untouched? As Elliote pointed out, simple 
> XLinks do much of what the HTML WG requires.

They don't do anything at all until browser makers implement them and
developers use them. I wonder how many will feel the benefits to them
are sufficient to abandon the tried-and-true 'href'?

-- 
Matt Gushee
Englewood, Colorado, USA
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http://www.havenrock.com/

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