On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Steve Souders <soud...@google.com> wrote:
> According to the HTML 4 > spec<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/links.html#h-12.1.3>LINK tags must > appear in HEAD: > > *The LINK element may only appear in the head of a document.* > > We probably need something more modern as a reference here :) Here's the HTML Living Standard: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html#the-link-element "If the rel attribute is used, the element is restricted to the head element." This is part of a non-normative content (a note), so I think we're off the hook here :) The HTML Imports spec<http://www.w3.org/TR/custom-elements/#enqueuing-and-invoking-callbacks>contains the following example: > >> <me-first></me-first> >> <link rel="import" href="import.html"> >> <me-third></me-third> > > > Is the intention of this example that me-first and me-third occur in the > HEAD? > Sure. Nothing precludes the author from using custom elements in HEAD. :DG<