18024 2012-07-18 15:45:50 +0000 Apply 'tag' (link type) to its nearest article or body element ancestor 2012-08-25 16:48:22 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED WONTFIX P3 normal Unsorted 1 contributor ian ian mike mtanalin res-html contributor oldest_to_newest 70516 0 contributor 2012-07-18 15:45:50 +0000 This was was cloned from bug 17579 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2012-06-23 00:10:00 +0000 Original reporter: res-html@untief.org ================================================================================ #0 res-html@untief.org 2012-06-23 00:10:21 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (if it's undesirable for a link type definition to differ from 'a'/'area' to 'link', dump this issue) The spec about the 'rel' keyword 'tag' states: "The tag keyword indicates that the tag that the referenced document represents applies to the current document." I think it would be useful if the tag (when linked with the 'a'/'area' element) applies to its nearest article or body element ancestor, instead (which is the case for the 'address' element, too). Thereby a page listing several articles could make use of the 'tag' keyword: &lt;section&gt; &lt;h1&gt;Recent articles&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;article&gt; &lt;h1&gt;My first cooking lesson&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;… — &lt;a href="/blog/cooking-lesson"&gt;Read more&lt;/a>&lt;/p&gt; &lt;footer&gt;Tagged with &lt;a href="/tags/cooking" rel="tag"&gt;Cooking&lt;/a>&lt;/footer&gt; &lt;article&gt; &lt;article&gt; &lt;h1&gt;I scored two goals&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;… — &lt;a href="/blog/two-goals">Read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;footer&gt;Tagged with &lt;a href="/tags/football" rel="tag"&gt;Football&lt;/a>&lt;/footer&gt; &lt;article&gt; &lt;/section&gt; With the current definition, the tags "Cooking" and "Football" apply to the whole page. With my proposed addition, the tag "Cooking" applies only to the first article snippet, the tag "Football" only to the second. ================================================================================ #1 res-html@untief.org 2012-06-23 00:14:12 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (sorry, I messed up the example; another try) <section> <h1>Recent articles</h1> <article> <h1>My first cooking lesson</h1> <p>… — <a href="/blog/cooking-lesson">Read more</a></p> <footer>Tagged with <a href="/tags/cooking" rel="tag">Cooking</a></footer> <article> <article> <h1>I scored two goals</h1> <p>… — <a href="/blog/two-goals">Read more</a></p> <footer>Tagged with <a href="/tags/football" rel="tag">Football</a></footer> <article> </section> ================================================================================ 72773 1 ian 2012-08-25 16:48:22 +0000 If I recall correctly, the specced behaviour matches deployed implementations, so can't really be changed.