Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
10. XHTML Hypertext Module
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-hypertext.html
* 10.1. The a element
We don't need this, it's use is deprecated in XHTML2 by allowing an href
attribute on any element:
"Linking: In HTML 3, only a elements could be the source and target of
hyperlinks. In HTML 4 and XHTML 1, any element could be the target of a
hyperlink, but still only a elements could be the source. In XHTML 2 any
element can now also be the source of a hyperlink, since href and its
associated attributes may now appear on any element. So for instance,
instead of <li><a href="home.html">Home</a></li>, you can now write <li
href="home.html">Home</li>. Even though this means that the a element is
now strictly-speaking unnecessary, it has been retained."
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http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-xhtml2-20050527/introduction.html#s_intro_differences
I understand that we will, most likely, want to support this within our
input formats, but I propose we don't support it internally, it only
serves to add more complexity to our stylsheets since we will have to
support the @href attribute anyway (it is part of 13. XHTML Hypertext
Attributes Module - http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-hyperAttributes.html)
Ross
