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Re: IDs vs. Classes

From: Steve Knoblock <knoblock@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 03:05:25 -0400
Message-Id: <2.2.32.19961008070525.0087400c@postoffice.worldnet.att.net>
To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, "Galarneau, Neil" <ngalarneau@concord6.powersoft.com>, "'www-style'" <www-style@w3.org> 
Paul,
am I right to think

<p class=copyright>text</p>

is like saying

<copyright>text</copyright>

?

Creating a new block element based on the paragraph.

Steve

>If you think about it in a certain way, classes actually have more in common
>with element names (i.e. P, H1, DL) than with IDs in that they describe a
>certain kind of data, whereas IDs name a particular data element.
>
> Paul Prescod
>
>
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