25 Dec
2008
25 Dec
'08
12:13 p.m.
On Thu, 25 Dec 2008, der Mouse wrote:
[. . . lots of content more articulate than mine deleted . . . ]
These things aren't necessarily going to be used
to send people to
specific points in rendered pages (though that's certainly one possible
way to use them). They could also be used to unambiguously refer to
places in the page for other purposes, such as the typo-reporting
possibility mentioned upthread.
and being able to identify the location of an item within and FOR content
analysis software, particularly indexing.
It is refreshing (and a mjor uplift on XMAS) to see that some people
understand that there is valid need for pointers at levels below file, and
even below that of markers provided by the author.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com