If is obsolete, what is preferred?

Question

The HTML code text is very useful for creating links to specific sections of a page (e.g., page.html#some_bookma

Answer 1

Have a look at the HTML5 spec.

At Obsolete features you’ll find:

Authors should not specify the name attribute on a elements.

When clicking on name, you’ll find:

[The following attributes are obsolete (though the elements are still part of the language), and must not be used by authors:]

• name on a elements (except as noted in the previous section)
• name on embed elements
• name on img elements
• name on option elements

→ Use the id attribute instead.

Click on id. You’ll see that id is a global attribute, this means that it can be used on any element.

The id attribute specifies its element's unique identifier (ID).
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Note: An element's unique identifier can be used for a variety of purposes, most notably as a way to link to specific parts of a document using fragment identifiers, as a way to target an element when scripting, and as a way to style a specific element from CSS.