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>>>>> The a and area elements have a new attribute called ping that >>>>> specifies a space-separated list of URLs which have to be pinged when >>>>> the hyperlink is followed. Currently user tracking is mostly done >>>>> through redirects. This attribute allows the user agent to inform >>>>> users which URLs are going to be pinged as well as giving >>>>> privacy-conscious users a way to turn it off. >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> The area element, for consistency with the a and link elements, >>>>> now also has the hreflang and rel attributes. >>>> >>>> What does it do? >>> >>> See HTML4 (well, or HTML5 if you're not familiar with HTML4). >> >> Put the above into the doc. Or at least link to the attributes... >> though I still don't know what they do :( > > If you don't know HTML4 you should read HTML4 first. (Though really > starting with HTML5 in that case might be easier.) > > I might add links later when everything is stable and the moon looks funny. A criteria for making fixes when "the moon looks funny" does not seem acceptable to me.
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