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- > Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 11:20:45 CST
- > From: Dan Connolly <connolly@pixel.convex.com>
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- > I just wanted to take the opportunity to point out once again
- > that the <ISINDEX> strategy for marking up searchable documents
- > is less than optimal.
- >
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- > Inline "search this anchor" elements are preferable, at least
- > to me.
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-
- OK, Dan, I see you aren't going to give up on this one :-). As
- we want to be able to map Gopher modes effectively too, how about
- using a link type:
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- <dl>
- <dt><a name=dub href="dubliners.html">Dubliners<dd>by James Joyce
- <dt><a name=ulysses href="ulysses.html">Ulysses<dd>by James Joyce
- [etc]
- <dt><a name=something REL=SEARCH href=somepointer>Search<dd>the above
- texts for
- a name or keyword
- </dl>
-
- The "SEARCH" relationship is a presentation instruction a bit like
- "EMBED" or "PRESENT". It means, "Don't just jump to this, search it
- immediately". A nice thing about it is that if the browser doesn't
- understand it, then it will still work, just not be presented in the
- way the author had intended.
-
- What do you think?
-
- > Dan
-
- Tim
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-