I am sorry to hear that cross-references are gone. The replacement you suggest does not catch the difference between navigational and informational hyperlinks. The difference is essential e.g. for GNU info: navigational links are "near jumps" to child nodes; informational links can transport the reader anywhere, with the way back undefined except for the browsing history stack. OTOH any hyperlink can lead into the blue (that is where the prefix "hyper" comes from). Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Hickson Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [whatwg] Feeedback on <dfn>, <abbr>,and other elements related to cross-references HTML5 had a complex mechanism for cross-references using <dfn>, <abbr>, <i>, and so forth. I've removed it. It really didn't add much compared to <a href=""> other than a whole lot of complexity, and there was very little demand for it really.
