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Jellby · 11-12-2013, 03:45 AM

<a id="idIndexMarker-616"></a> is a dummy element, the "id" that works as anchor can be anywhere else. It is indeed more semantic to use it as an empty anchor point than using e.g. a <span>, but as you see, it's not always possible to use it.

I would write:

Code:

see “<a href="e_7_ch1-2.xhtml#Anchor-2"><span id="idIndexMarker-616">Exercise 1.13</span>. Moon Meditation (Figure 1.5)</a>”

(quotes outside the link, and index-span containing the indexed term, which is presumably "Exercise 1.13")

11-12-2013, 03:45 AM	#8
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,550 Karma: 19500001 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	<a id="idIndexMarker-616"></a> is a dummy element, the "id" that works as anchor can be anywhere else. It is indeed more semantic to use it as an empty anchor point than using e.g. a <span>, but as you see, it's not always possible to use it. I would write: Code: see “<a href="e_7_ch1-2.xhtml#Anchor-2"><span id="idIndexMarker-616">Exercise 1.13</span>. Moon Meditation (Figure 1.5)</a>” (quotes outside the link, and index-span containing the indexed term, which is presumably "Exercise 1.13")