On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 12:10 +0000, Olga R. Muņoz wrote: > > Hi, > > I have noticed you use dollar signs in the W3C site to remark a date > or the author, for example: > > Last Modified: $Date: 2007/02/13 20:18:04 $ by $Author: ijacobs $ > > At first I thought it was a mistake, but I have been regarding it in > so many pages, that I now believe it is not an error. I have tried to > google for an answer about what they are and how they can be used, but > I cannot find one. > > My question is just that: what does the dollar sign mean and if it is > a convention or recommendation of the W3C. Hello Olga, W3C uses the tool Concurrent Versions System (CVS) to help manage the W3C Web site. CVS includes "keyword substitution" features to help automatically display version, author, date, and other information about documents. See: http://ximbiot.com/cvs/manual/cvs-1.11.22/cvs_12.html#SEC97 The string "$Date$" is expanded to the date/time the file was checked into the CVS system. I hope that helps, _ Ian -- Ian Jacobs (ij@w3.org) http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs Tel: +1 718 260-9447Received on Thursday, 28 June 2007 12:26:22 GMT
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