Posted by Steve Pugh on 02/21/07 07:15

David Dorward <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote:

>idiotprogrammer wrote:
>
>> Update: Looks like XHTML Strict 1.0 deprecated the target attribute
>> for <a>. that might be the ammunition I need.
>
>HTML 4.0 deprecated it (in 1997).

No it didn't. It was in Transitional but not in Strict, which in terms
of validation makes it the same as everything that was deprecated, but
no spec has ever marked target as deprecated - they just either have
it or they don't.

>HTML 4.0 Strict didn't have it at all.
>XHTML 1.0 is just HTML 4.01 ported to XML (along with a few undocumented
>changes).

And the first edition of XHTML 1.1 didn't have it but the brand new
second edition does have it!

Such a murky history for a simple (yet far from harmless) attribute.

Steve
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