- From: T.V Raman <raman@google.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:31:44 -0700
- To: murray@muzmo.com
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
1+ Murray Maloney writes: > > > > > >* Good practice: Separation of content, presentation, interaction > >A specification SHOULD allow authors to separate content from both > >presentation and interaction concerns. > > > >(Covered by Mostly Semantic Markup, currently disputed.) > > This design principle is one that I can live with, whereas "Mostly Semantic > Markup" > is not one that I can live with. > > I can support a design principle that calls for separation. This is the > same principle > that has been at play since the earliest days of markup -- GML, SGML, XML. > This is one of the key design principles that led to the creation of markup. > > However, the phrase "Mostly Semantic Markup" is overloaded. After all, <b> > has semantics and it facilitates for the separation of content and > presentation. > But I suspect that the proponents of "Mostly Semantic Markup" aren't saying > that they want more <b>-like elements in HTML. > > How about we all agree to the Good practice that is codified in WEBARCH > and forget about "Mostly Semantic Markup"? > > Regards, > > Murray > > -- Best Regards, --raman Title: Research Scientist Email: raman@google.com WWW: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/ Google: tv+raman GTalk: raman@google.com, tv.raman.tv@gmail.com PGP: http://emacspeak.sf.net/raman/raman-almaden.asc
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