- From: Philip & Le Khanh <Philip-and-LeKhanh@Royal-Tunbridge-Wells.Org>
- Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 11:09:24 +0100
- CC: www-html@w3.org, HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
Jukka K. Korpela wrote: [...] > I wouldn't say it was semi-presentational. The difference between UL and > OL might be called semi-presentational (and even that is questionable - > do bullets vs. numbers or letters change the _meaning_ of a list?), Yes. If I write : 1) Measure the flour 2) Put it in a bowl 3) Make a hollow 4) Add an egg <etc> these are invariably treated as time-sequential instructions. If, on the other hand, I write Take : o 8 oz flour o 1 egg o a little water <etc> where "o" is a bullet marker, these are treated as asynchronous instructions that may be carried out in any order. Thus I believe that bullets v. numbers (or letters) (when correctly used) carry different semantics, and therefore alters the meaning of a list. Philip Taylor
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