[uf-discuss] Values for rel/rev are case-insensitive in HTML (was: Nomenclature Question)

[Charles Iliya Krempeaux]

Hello,

On 12/8/05, Scott Reynen <scott at randomchaos.com> wrote:
> Ryan King wrote:
>
> >> »These link types are case-insensitive, i.e., "Alternate" has the
> >> same
> >> meaning as "alternate".«
> >> -- http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/types.html#type-links
> >
> > Yes, but <a rel=".."/> is different than <a Rel="..." />
>
> What markup language are we talking about here?
>
> In XHTML, <a Rel="..." /> is different in that it's invalid:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/#h-4.2
>
> "XHTML documents must use lower case for all HTML element and
> attribute names."
>
> In HTML 4, the two are identical:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/sgmltut.html#h-3.2.2
>
> "Attribute names are always case-insensitive."
>

I was talking about "attribute values" (not "attribute names").


See ya

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