Re: use of <mark> to denote notes in quoted text

Why not use mark with a title attribute to explain why the text marked?

I don't see anything wrong with adding a mark element in a quoted text,
it's simply a way of indicating that the author finds it of some sort of
relevance.
Alternatively you could explain it in a footer of the blockquote, but then
it misses a direct link to the mark element.

Example:

<blockquote>
  <p>Good advice is always certain to be ignored, <mark title="This is
exactly what I mean. You should be able to educate people, even if they
don't ask for it.">but that's no reason not to give it.</mark></p>
</blockquote>


On 7 September 2013 16:14, JF <john@foliot.ca> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> Being unfamiliar with the text being quoted, I am not sure of your usage
> here - it feels off from the current spec of <mark>, which I think of as
> the semantic equivalent of a text high-lighter. Your usage in the quote
> feels more like an <aside>.
>
> Or I'm completely off base - also entirety possible.
>
> Can you think of another example?
>
> JF
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> Date: 09/07/2013 12:18 PM (GMT-08:00)
> To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
> Subject: use of <mark> to denote notes in quoted text
>
>
> I have  been mulling over use of <mark>
> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-mark-element to
> denote notes added to quoted text
>
> example:
>
> <blockquote>
>  "That monster custom, who all sense doth eat
>  Of habit's devil," <mark> not in Folio </mark>
>  "What a falling off was there !
>  From me, whose love was of that dignity
>  That it went hand in hand even with the vow
>  I made to her in marriage, and to decline
>  Upon a wretch."
>  </blockquote>
>
> thoughts?
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>