- From: Ron Currier <rcurrier@productview.com>
- Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 14:57:21 -0700 (EST)
- To: www-html@www0.cern.ch
- Cc: rcurrier@mycroft.productview.com
In addition to <FOOTNOTE> and <MARGIN> pop-ups, we have a need for pop-up definitions ala WinHelp. This would seem to be a useful feature and very much in the spirit of symantic markup. I can't use the existing <DFN> tag, since it only marks the definition and not the term being defined. Simply using something similar such as <DEFINITION> won't work since, unlike <FOOTNOTE> and <MARGIN> which use some browser chosen symbols as the "hot-link" (or can I do <FOOTNOTE SRC="symbol"> to use a user-defined symbol?), a definition needs a word or phrase. Something like: <DEFINITION TERM="obscure-techie-term">You wouldn't understand</DEFINITION> doesn't seem like it would be proper SGML. One other suggestion was: <DEFINITION>obscure-techie-term<DFN>You wouldn't understand</DFN></DEFINITION> which at least reuses the current <DFN> tag. Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Currier rcurrier@ProductView.COM ProductView Interactive 617.492.6600 URL http://www.ProductView.COM/
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