Re: Obsolete Elements [Was: HTML 2.0 Call for Review ]

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Date: 13 Jun 1994 09:27:36 -0300 (BST)
From: pflynn@curia.ucc.ie (Peter Flynn)
Subject: Re: Obsolete Elements [Was: HTML 2.0 Call for Review ]
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> What's the general consensus out there about obsolete elements?

Switching them out makes sense if we have to continue handling legacy
HTML for a while, but they should have a "sell-by" on them in the DTD,
after which browsers would ignore them.

///Peter