[whatwg] <isindex prompt>

[Martijn]

2007/2/21, David Latapie <david at empyree.org>:
> I never understood what <isindex> is done for. Is it some kind of
> precursor of Google Sitemaps?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML_element
"
<isindex>…</isindex> (deprecated)

    The :isindex element requires server side support for indexing
documents. Visually presents a one-line text input for keyword entry.
When submitted, the query string is appended to the current URL and
the document is displayed with these keywords highlighted. Generally
if the server supports this feature it will add the iisindex elements
to documents without author intervention.
"
More info here:
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/NewHTML/isindex.html
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/i/isindex.htm


Regards,
Martijn