[whatwg] Clarification on hashed id reference

[Adele Peterson]

ah, I understand now - that makes sense.  thanks!

On Feb 20, 2008, at 1:14 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Adele Peterson wrote:
>>
>> I was looking at the definition of a valid hashed id reference, and I
>> noticed some inconsistency.  The first sentence says the string must
>> match the id attribute, but then the last parsing rule says that the
>> string can match the id or name attributes of the element.
>
> Right, the definition of "valid hashed ID reference" defines what's  
> valid,
> and the rules for parsing a hashed ID reference cover how to parse  
> them
> even if they're invalid.
>
>
>> If the parsing rule is correct, then should there be some rule for
>> determining which attribute should get checked first? And if the  
>> parsing
>> rule is correct, maybe the initial description should mention the  
>> name
>> attribute too.
>
> Why? Pointing at the name attribute is non-conforming.
>
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