- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 09:25:44 +0100
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org, public-html@w3.org
Quoting Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>: > Just to reiterate, there are two questions here: > > 1) Should documents containing <b> and <i> be conforming HTML5 documents? > 2) Should the HTML5 specification normatively specify parsing of > <b> and <i> that is compatible with existing content? I would say: 1) no - instead, define better elements that cover those situations in which the elements in question are used as a last presentational resort, for lack of a more semantic equivalent; and if they ARE used purely for presentational reasons ("i just like how that word looks in italic"), suggest generic approaches such as an appropriately styled <span>. 2) yes - but make it clear that it's a special backwards-compatibility concession, and that it does not ratify the use of those elements; it could then even include the elements that Anne touched on, like <center>. > Now you could argue that if UAs accept the elements authors will use > them no matter what and ignore the conformance checkers which claim > their documents are not conformant. I won't argue...I'd say this discussed approach is the most realistic, as it allows for a "cleaner" spec, while making backwards compatibility concessions...but separating the two. P -- Patrick H. Lauke ______________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ______________________________________________________________ Co-lead, Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________ Take it to the streets ... join the WaSP Street Team http://streetteam.webstandards.org/ ______________________________________________________________
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