- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 03:56:08 +0200
- To: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- Cc: Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, public-html@w3.org
Shelley Powers, Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:32:02 -0500: > Sam Ruby wrote: >> On 06/01/2010 08:03 PM, Shelley Powers wrote: >>> Sam Ruby wrote: >>>> On 06/01/2010 06:45 PM, Shelley Powers wrote: >> What you said was: >> >> "There's a good reason for specialized figure handling in the print >> world, but not for web pages. Because we don't have a good understanding >> of why we have figure, we can't determine what it should contain. We >> only have to look at the discussions about what should be allowed within >> the figure element to discover that no one really has a clear idea of >> what this element is for, or how it will be used. Well, other than >> something with an optional caption, that is tangentially related to the >> content of the page (as if "tangentially" has a great deal of meaning in >> a web context, considering that anything can be tangentially related to >> anything else with the simple addition of a link)." >> >> To me that is not clearly an objection. Rather I see that as a >> valid reason to request that a rationale be provided for the figure >> element, and as such we solicited a counter proposal. And a the >> counter proposal produced provided rationale. >> > Then you and I have to disagree. I was providing an argument for > removing the element, During this debate, something/someone linked to http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/90 (ah, it was Sam in his resolution letter http://www.w3.org/mid/4C058372.4020307@intertwingly.net ) which has the title "Tighten the focus and allowable content in the figure element". While in your blog, you point to http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/ChangeProposals/removefigure which has the title "remove figure element" Much of what I said here was related to the first variant. Sorry. Thus it seems we have had a correct poll anyhow. -- leif halvard silli
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