[whatwg] Fwd: idea for new tag: breadcrums (fwd)

Olav Junker Kjær olav at olav.dk
Tue Dec 7 15:14:54 PST 2004


 > Well, HTTP has well-defined ways of indicating that a resource has
 > moved.  HTML shouldn't be trying to take over from these established
 > (and well-designed) divisions of labour within the system.

URL's aren't supposed to change: http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

 > Why introduce a new hierarchical system, when the URI/L specifications
 > permit one that is actually implemented in all Web browsers already?

Because it should be possible to express relationships between pages in 
a way that is independent of URLs, because relationships may change 
while URLs should stay the same.

Olav Junker Kjær



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