Re: use of <mark> to denote notes in quoted text

Hi Reinier,

who is the content in the title attribute meant for?

please have a read of my thoughts/advice on title attribute use:
http://blog.paciellogroup.com/2013/01/using-the-html-title-attribute-updated/


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Regards

SteveF
HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>


On 7 September 2013 22:28, Reinier Kaper <rp.kaper@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not use mark with a title attribute to explain why the text marked?
>
> I don't see anything wrong with adding a mark element in a quoted text,
> it's simply a way of indicating that the author finds it of some sort of
> relevance.
> Alternatively you could explain it in a footer of the blockquote, but then
> it misses a direct link to the mark element.
>
> Example:
>
> <blockquote>
>   <p>Good advice is always certain to be ignored, <mark title="This is
> exactly what I mean. You should be able to educate people, even if they
> don't ask for it.">but that's no reason not to give it.</mark></p>
> </blockquote>
>
>
> On 7 September 2013 16:14, JF <john@foliot.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> Being unfamiliar with the text being quoted, I am not sure of your usage
>> here - it feels off from the current spec of <mark>, which I think of as
>> the semantic equivalent of a text high-lighter. Your usage in the quote
>> feels more like an <aside>.
>>
>> Or I'm completely off base - also entirety possible.
>>
>> Can you think of another example?
>>
>> JF
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
>> Date: 09/07/2013 12:18 PM (GMT-08:00)
>> To: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
>> Subject: use of <mark> to denote notes in quoted text
>>
>>
>> I have  been mulling over use of <mark>
>> http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/text-level-semantics.html#the-mark-element to
>> denote notes added to quoted text
>>
>> example:
>>
>> <blockquote>
>>  "That monster custom, who all sense doth eat
>>  Of habit's devil," <mark> not in Folio </mark>
>>  "What a falling off was there !
>>  From me, whose love was of that dignity
>>  That it went hand in hand even with the vow
>>  I made to her in marriage, and to decline
>>  Upon a wretch."
>>  </blockquote>
>>
>> thoughts?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> SteveF
>> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>>
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