Re: Introduce <term> element

+1 for the term idea because it would provide semantic meaning for the
enclosed text.

Using CSS you could hide the definition and show it when a user's cursor
rolls over the term, you could provide definitions as footnotes in print
friendly forms, and presumably search engines and the like could make use of
it.

On 4/4/07, Robert Brodrecht <w3c@robertdot.org> wrote:
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> Rene Saarsoo wrote:
> > <term> looks nice and seems to fill many uses of <i> and <b>, although
> > using it to mark up text in foreign languages might not always be
> > appropriate.
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> I also find myself using <q> to delineate "so-called" type strings (e.g.
> He was the <q>first</q> to come up with <em>that</em> idea, too.) and
> other bits of sarcasm where my brain normally throws air quotes (which are
> different than speaking something with emphasis).  <term> might be able to
> fill this gap, as well, if there are attributes to extend it.
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> Robert <http://robertdot.org>
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