There is probably a historical reason for this, but I do not know where to start looking for where this can be documented.
In particular, instead of the critical “anchor tag” with the “hypertext link” (well, I suppose then the terminology was different):
<a href="https://stackoverflow.com">StackOverflow</a>
why didn’t this happen?
<link to="https://stackoverflow.com">StackOverflow</link>
What exactly did “snapping” mean?
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