On 4/28/07 3:58 AM, "Mike Schinkel" <w3c-lists@mikeschinkel.com> wrote: > Laurens Holst wrote: >> It carries exactly the same semantics as <dfn>, with the difference >> being that <dfn> is only used on the defining instance of that term, >> and <term> can be used on the other instances. > Who really uses <dfn> anyway?!? Some say it's forgotten [1]. Maybe > that's because it's so obtuse? ;-) If I were making some kind of web based school book I'd probably want to make a script that dynamically assigned <dfn> tags to every word on the current page longer than 5 letters. And maybe have a browser extension that kept track of defined words encountered in that subjects literature with links back to every page/paragraph where the word was encountered. -- :: thyme online ltd :: po box cb13650 nassau the bahamas :: website: http://www.thymeonline.com/ :: tel: 242 327-1864 fax: 242 377 1038Received on Monday, 30 April 2007 20:10:28 GMT
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