[html5] r3676 - [e] (0) Clarify old purpose of <a name>.

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Tue Aug 25 19:11:23 PDT 2009


Author: ianh
Date: 2009-08-25 19:11:21 -0700 (Tue, 25 Aug 2009)
New Revision: 3676

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Clarify old purpose of <a name>.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-08-25 23:56:40 UTC (rev 3675)
+++ index	2009-08-26 02:11:21 UTC (rev 3676)
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   <div class=head>
    <p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/ rel=home><img alt=WHATWG src=/images/logo></a></p>
    <h1>HTML 5</h1>
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft-standard-—-25-august-2009>Draft Standard — 25 August 2009</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=draft-standard-—-26-august-2009>Draft Standard — 26 August 2009</h2>
    <p>You can take part in this work. <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list>Join the working group's discussion list.</a></p>
    <p><strong>Web designers!</strong> We have a <a href=http://blog.whatwg.org/faq/>FAQ</a>, a <a href=http://forums.whatwg.org/>forum</a>, and a <a href=http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list#help>help mailing list</a> for you!</p>
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@@ -71544,13 +71544,14 @@
   empty string and must neither be equal to the value of any of the
   <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>IDs</a> in the element's <a href=#home-subtree>home
   subtree</a> other than the element's own <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>ID</a>, if any, nor be equal to the value of
-  any of the other <code title=attr-a-name><a href=#attr-a-name>name</a></code> attribues on
-  <code><a href=#the-a-element>a</a></code> elements in the elemnet's <a href=#home-subtree>home
+  any of the other <code title=attr-a-name><a href=#attr-a-name>name</a></code> attributes on
+  <code><a href=#the-a-element>a</a></code> elements in the element's <a href=#home-subtree>home
   subtree</a>. If this attribute is present and the element has an
   <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>ID</a>, then the attribute's value must
   be equal to the element's <a href=#concept-id title=concept-id>ID</a>. In
-  earlier versions of the language, this attribute served a similar
-  role as the <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code> attribute. The <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code> attribute should be used instead.</p>
+  earlier versions of the language, this attribute was intended as a
+  way to specify possible targets for fragment identifiers in <a href=#url title=URL>URLs</a>. The <code title=attr-id><a href=#the-id-attribute>id</a></code>
+  attribute should be used instead.</p>
 
   <p class=note>The <code title=attr-table-summary><a href=#attr-table-summary>summary</a></code>
   attribute, defined in the <code><a href=#the-table-element>table</a></code> section, will also

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-08-25 23:56:40 UTC (rev 3675)
+++ source	2009-08-26 02:11:21 UTC (rev 3676)
@@ -84956,14 +84956,15 @@
   <span title="concept-id">IDs</span> in the element's <span>home
   subtree</span> other than the element's own <span
   title="concept-id">ID</span>, if any, nor be equal to the value of
-  any of the other <code title="attr-a-name">name</code> attribues on
-  <code>a</code> elements in the elemnet's <span>home
+  any of the other <code title="attr-a-name">name</code> attributes on
+  <code>a</code> elements in the element's <span>home
   subtree</span>. If this attribute is present and the element has an
   <span title="concept-id">ID</span>, then the attribute's value must
   be equal to the element's <span title="concept-id">ID</span>. In
-  earlier versions of the language, this attribute served a similar
-  role as the <code title="attr-id">id</code> attribute. The <code
-  title="attr-id">id</code> attribute should be used instead.</p>
+  earlier versions of the language, this attribute was intended as a
+  way to specify possible targets for fragment identifiers in <span
+  title="URL">URLs</span>. The <code title="attr-id">id</code>
+  attribute should be used instead.</p>
 
   <p class="note">The <code title="attr-table-summary">summary</code>
   attribute, defined in the <code>table</code> section, will also




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