- From: Brother Baker <applemac@frank.mtsu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 21:35:43 -0500 (CDT)
- To: www-style@www10.w3.org
On Thu, 6 Jul 1995, Benjamin C. W. Sittler wrote: > So far we've heard the following suggested names for a generic > character-level element: > > TEXT : Not a very good mnemonic > FONT : Far too specific, in my opinion. Font selection is only one use > for a generic element. > C : Far too cryptic, in my opinion. > ELEMENT : Even worse than TEXT. *Every* container and every > character-level tag is a "text element." > STRING : I'm biased, aren't I? I like this one, except it's just as bad as > TEXT. > > If it were left up to me, I'd pick TEXT or STRING, although the TEXT > element has (perhaps undesirable) SGML connotations, and STRING takes too > long to type. Perhaps a three letter code, like TXT, STR, ELE, or even EL > would be better? Why can't we use something short and relatively more descriptive like: CHAR [or even CH or CHR] I mean, this was described as a character-level item wasn't it? So, what would be the problem with one of these? --James Baker / http://www.mtsu.edu/~applemac MTCSC Home / http://www.mtsu.edu/~mtcsc
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