[whatwg] Re: rel="script"

[Ian Hickson]

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005, Simon Pieters wrote:
> 
> I was wondering about rel="script". It could work like rel="stylesheet", 
> and we could possibly introduce rel="alternate script" but I'm not sure 
> how that would work.

What would be the advantage over <script src="">?


> A use case could be for javascript links, for instance:
> 
> |<a rel="script" href="javascript:alert('pass')">foo</a>

What's the advantage? It's obvious it is a javascript link, because of the 
scheme used, no?


> It appears[4] that IE6, Deer Park Alpha 2, and Opera 8.01 doesn't support:
> 
> |<link rel="script" href="script.js">

They do support <script src="">...

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