- From: Ca Phun Ung <caphun@yelotofu.com>
- Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:54:00 +0800
- To: HTMLWG <public-html@w3.org>
Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > In practice, deprecating <b> and <i> will lead to incorrect use of > <strong> and <em> for content that is not emphasized or strongly > emphasized. It's better for authors to use vague-semantic elements > like <i> for ship names than incorrect strong-semantic elements like <em>. But keeping <b> leads to incorrect usage of headings and emphasis and <i> is too vaguely-semantic that it's prone to abuse. No where did I suggest using an <em> for ship names as that's plainly wrong. My point with the ship name example is that we cannot assume a tradition in one language (i.e. English) will be similar in another, so vague-semantic elements like <i> may fall apart in another language. Hence a more strongly semantic <name> element is more appropriate as a wrapper for ship names. I'm not suggesting we replace <i> for <name> either but maybe we should think of ways to break apart <i> so that it's no longer necessary to a point of deprecation. -- Ca Phun Ung http://yelotofu.com
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