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Bug 24086 - "the address of the absolute URL of the target of the hyperlink" is wordy and inconsistent with the next two, which say "address of the target of the hyperlink". should be consistent throughout. check [...]
Summary: "the address of the absolute URL of the target of the hyperlink" is wordy and...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2013-12-13 04:07 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2013-12-13 17:50 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description contributor 2013-12-13 04:07:33 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#hyperlink-auditing
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#hyperlink-auditing
Referrer: 

Comment:
"the address of the absolute URL of the target of the hyperlink" is wordy and
inconsistent with the next two, which say "address of the target of the
hyperlink". should be consistent throughout. check the blame for if there's a
reason, and ping bz if these should in fact not be the same.

Posted from: 173.8.185.154 by ian@hixie.ch
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Comment 1 contributor 2013-12-13 17:49:48 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r8353.
Check-in comment: Try to clarify the ping='' header requirements.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=8352&to=8353