Short syntax to link to fragment inside other spec
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Feature request
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- JavaScript
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Description
Important info
- URL to affected spec: https://github.com/w3c/fingerprinting-guidance/pull/39/files
- ReSpec version: 25.0.4
- I did a "hard refresh", but it's still busted.
Description of problem
What happened?:
The syntax <a data-cite="?HTML/webstorage.html#user-tracking">[HTML#user-tracking]</a> links to a fragment inside the HTML spec, but [[[?HTML/webstorage.html#user-tracking]]] does not.
But what I was expecting?:
[[[spec#frag]]] or [[spec#frag]] interprets its content like a data-cite attribute.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing ReSpec's bracketed citation handling and compare it with the existing data-cite behavior described in the issue. The work is done when [[[spec#frag]]] or [[spec#frag]] resolves to the referenced fragment in another specification, matching the expected short syntax.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100