10644 2010-09-17 12:53:39 +0000 over-complex characterization of link types 2010-10-04 14:48:40 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED WONTFIX http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/Overview.html#other-link-types NE, TrackerIssue P2 normal --- 1 julian.reschke ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 39077 0 julian.reschke 2010-09-17 12:53:39 +0000 The spec currently allows link types to have different effects on <link> on <a>. That contradicts the goal of having consistent semantics of link relations, independently on where they appear. In fact, none of the currently defined link relations differ in this; the only difference is that some are said not to be allowed on certain elements (whether *that* is a good idea is a separate issue). Proposal: change the spec to define "effect on" for *all* elements, and have a separate flag/column to describe where they are allowed. This will simplify registries (see ISSUE-27), and also discourage definition of link relations that indeed have different semantics on different elements. Related mailing list thread: around <http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Sep/0002.html>. 39659 1 ian 2010-09-28 06:41:25 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: I reject the premise that there is a "goal of having consistent semantics of link relations, independently on where they appear". 40146 2 julian.reschke 2010-09-30 12:35:27 +0000 Raised as http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/127