- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 16:35:00 -0400
- To: public-html@w3.org
aloha, jason!
thank you for your reasoned and rapid response... i apologize for
overlooking your contribution to the thread, but as i think we can
all agree, it takes a lot of time and effort to plow through all
the mail one receives daily from public-html
i think that the questionable semantic qualities of BLOCKQUOTE is
one issue we will have to agree to disagree upon, at least at this
point.
BLOCKQUOTE is already "half" deprecated, anyway:
<q
cite="http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.2.1">
The usage of BLOCKQUOTE to indent text is deprecated in favor of
style sheets.
</q>
since the HTML WG's charter explicitly states that the group's
scope includes the development of:
<q
cite="http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#deliverables">
A language evolved from HTML4 for describing the semantics of
documents and applications on the World Wide Web. This will be a
complete specification, not a delta specification.
</q>
why not use the opportunity to deprecate BLOCKQUOTE altogether?
all i am trying to do is to evolve a stronger, more flexible Q
element...
Q, aside, i am interested in your reaction to the other
presentational elements i listed:
* B (bold)
* BIG
* I (italics)
* SMALL
* SUB (subscript)
* SUP (superscript)
* TT
do you agree that only for SUB and SUP can a semantic meaning be
posited? BIG and SMALL are obviously presentational, as is B, I
and TT...
what say you?
gregory
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