[rfc-i] [IAB] draft-iab-xml2rfc-03, "1.3.3 Elements and Attributes Deprecated from v2"

[jhildebr at cisco.com (Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr))]

On 3/15/16, 12:55 PM, "IAB on behalf of Julian Reschke" <iab-bounces at iab.org on behalf of julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote:



><http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-iab-xml2rfc-03.html#rfc.section.1.3.3>:
>
>"Deprecate the "none" values for the "format" attribute in <xref> 
>because it makes no sense semantically."
>
>That's incorrect -- an xref with format=none still represents an 
>internal link, even though no extra text is generated. In formats that 
>support linking (so anything except plain text) it is supposed to be 
>mapped to a simple link. For instance:
>
>   <xref format="none" target="x">FOOBAR</xref>

I think the intent is that anytime there is text inside the xref, it acts like format="none", and the format attribute would be ignored.

-- 
Joe Hildebrand