A/LINK attributes (was Re: Comments on June 8 draft (long))

Walter Ian Kaye (boo@PrimeNet.Com)
Tue, 20 Jun 95 02:14:49 EDT

At 08:34p 06/14/95, Peter Flynn wrote:
> > By the way... Roy Fielding suggested getting rid of the METHODS
> > attribute of the A and LINK element. I'm game for it. In fact,
> > I can imagine getting rid of URN and TITLE too. Any thoughts?
>
> Well the test is 'current practice' ... as far as I can tell URN
> is still being defined. Does any UA support METHODS or TITLE?
>
>METHODS I'm lukewarm about, but I would have thought TITLE had far too
>much potential to get rid of.
>
>Like LINK, I guess, it's only now becoming apparent what you can do
>with it. I'd like to see browsers recognise
>
> <link href="..." rel="sibling" title="Minority report">
>or
> <a href="..." rel="toc" title="Inhaltsverzeichnis">...</a>
>
>In the first case, the button or whatever could be dynamically labeled
>with the TITLE; in the seocnd, it could be a flash which lights up as
>the pointer passes over the highlight.

As an HTML author, I would prefer a "flash which lights up as the pointer
passes over" to be represented by an attribute with a clear name, such as
MESSAGE.

<link href="..." title="Vacation" message="See why Chevy Chase left MD">

-Walter

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