Re: Typo found in HTML5 spec working draft

On Mon, 10 May 2010, Michael Rakowski wrote:
>
> I found a typo that occurs twice in the HTML5 spec working
> draft.
> 
> In section 1.9, "A quick introduction to HTML" and also in section 4.5.3 
> "The pre element" the word "braille" should be typed "Braille" since it 
> is named after Louis Braille.

Based on:

   http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/braille/capitalize.html?id=fAaA5kfV
   http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Braille_Certification.asp (the disclaimer)

...and the convention seen on pages of:

   http://www.loc.gov/nls/

...I have left it with a lowercase "b", which seems to be consistent with 
the writing system being a part of our culture, rather than still being a 
new invention.

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Received on Tuesday, 27 July 2010 21:59:15 UTC