On Sat, 3 Apr 2010, Perry Smith wrote: > From [1] > > The namedItem(key) method must return the first node in the collection that > > matches the following requirements: > > > > It is an a, applet, area, embed, form, frame, frameset, iframe, img, or > > object element with a name attribute equal to key, or, > > It is an element with an ID equal to key. > > Should "equal" be clarified? In particular, from 2.4.9, I got the idea that > comparing names would be "compatibility caseless" at least in that instance. > Is that also true here? I don't see the term "valid hash-name reference" in > this section so I don't think I missed something but I easily could have.
I've added a comment early in the spec clarifying that comparisons are case-sensitive unless otherwise specified. > Also, off topic a little: should these questions be posted here or is it > more productive to use the form on the page? Either works equally well. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'