- From: Marja-Riitta Koivunen <marja@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 09:54:19 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-er-ig@w3.org
At 02:26 PM 10/29/99 -0400, asgilman@iamdigex.net wrote: > > #[1]Start [2]Glossary [3]Copyright > >The Web Design Group > > SPAN - Generic Inline Container > > Syntax <SPAN>...</SPAN> > Attribute Specifications > * [4]common attributes > > Contents [5]Inline elements > Contained in [6]Inline elements, [7]block-level elements > > The SPAN element is a generic inline container. SPAN carries no > structural meaning itself, but it can be used to provide extra > structure through its [8]LANG, [9]DIR, [10]CLASS, and [11]ID > attributes. [12]Style sheets are often used to suggest a presentation > for a given class or ID. > > SPAN should only be used where no other HTML [13]inline element > provides a suitable meaning. If a presentation such as bold or italic > text would be suitable on visual browsers, authors may prefer to use > an appropriate [14]font style element. For example: > 1. <P><SPAN LANG=fr>La Révolution Tranquille</SPAN> shook Quebec in > the early 1960's. > 2. <P><I LANG=fr>La Révolution Tranquille</I> shook Quebec in the > early 1960's. > > These examples are identical in meaning, but the second example uses > the [15]I element to suggest italic text. How does the I element support the separation of presentation and other content? I thought we wanted to get rid of the style related elements embedded in the other content? Marja > [16]DIV is a block-level equivalent of SPAN for containing > [17]block-level elements such as [18]P and [19]TABLE. > >More Information > > * [20]SPAN in W3C HTML 4.0 Recommendation > > > Maintained by [21]Liam Quinn <[22]liam@htmlhelp.com> > > [23]Web Design Group ~ [24]HTML 4.0 Reference ~ > [25]Elements by Function ~ [26]Elements Alphabetically > > [27]Copyright © 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved. > >References > > 1. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/ > 2. http://www.htmlhelp.com/glossary/glossary.html > 3. http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html > 4. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html > 5. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html > 6. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html > 7. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html > 8. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#lang > 9. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#dir > 10. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#class > 11. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/attrs.html#id > 12. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/ > 13. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/inline.html > 14. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/fontstyle/ > 15. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/fontstyle/i.html > 16. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block/div.html > 17. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block.html > 18. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/block/p.html > 19. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/tables/table.html > 20. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/global.html#edef-SPAN > 21. http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/ > 22. mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com > 23. http://www.htmlhelp.com/ > 24. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/ > 25. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/olist.html > 26. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/alist.html > 27. http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html >
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