- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:07:11 +0200
- To: Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>
- CC: HTML WG Public List <public-html@w3.org>
Jim Jewett On 09-09-16 16.58: > In http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2009Sep/0637.html > Leif Halvard Silli wrote: > >> Whether you use <cite> about person sources or work >> sources, you cannot simply use it 100% of the time. The usual >> thing - and this goes for <dfn> also - is to distinguish the name >> of the source the first time it is introduced, and to give context >> (aka description/definition) on that occasion. > > In scholarly journals, that makes sense. On web pages, it is > reasonably common for people to jump into the "middle" of something, > and so it is often appropriate to have the citation information (or > acronym expansion, or glossary reference) available more often. Yes, I agree. But still, just as for <dfn>, this "first time mentioned" functionality should be described in the draft. For <dfn> one may, in subsequent uses of that word, point to the defining instance (the <dfn> element) with a link. The same can be done for <cite>: The work/name may be mentioned and contextualized at one place, and thereafter one could link to that place, if need be. -- leif halvard silli
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