On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Tantek �~Gelik wrote: > > Summary: add a new timeref attribute (of type idref) to <del> and > <ins> elements that can be used to reference the id of a local to > document <time> element which is then used as the datetime value of > when the deletion or insertion occurred. > > Advantages: > 1. encourage more visible data (dates in visible content inside a > <time> element rather than in invisible datetime attribute). > 2. Better DRY (don't repeat yourself) by enabling sharing of a common > <time> element for multiple del/ins edits that occurred at the same > date/time.
It's not clear that this is especially compelling, especially given that so few user agents use datetime="" at all in the first place. Making it more complicated likely wouldn't help with that. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
