- From: Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 17:25:58 +0300 (EEST)
- To: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, 7 May 2007, Kornel Lesinski wrote: > On Sat, 05 May 2007 21:30:32 +0100, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> > wrote: > >> Considering all the proposed predefined class names, the possibility of >> clashes is very real. > > Yes, there is, but is it really a problem? Yes, if the predefined class has some real impact. If it does not, why introduce it? > All elements in the HTML spec get abused. Will the number of clashes be > greater than incorrect uses of other elements like <address>, <blockquote> or > <h1>? That's irrelevant. Using class="copyright" does not violate any requirement or definition now, no matter what I use it for. > If we defined <example> element, wouldn't it be almost as (un)likely to be > mis-used as <p class=example>? This discussion is not about potential misuse but about conflicts with existing specifications and usage. -- Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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