Re: is it necessary to disambiguate (using markup) inline notes,citations and original markup? [was] use of <mark> to denote notes in quoted text

On Sun, 08 Sep 2013 19:19:45 +0400, Steve Faulkner  
<faulkner.steve@gmail.com> wrote:

> Have changed the subject line as i want to ask  different, but related
> questions
>
> Is it necessary to disambiguate (using markup) inline notes and citations
> within quotations?

I am not convinced that it is. It would be useful, if it were to be used  
well. There are typographical conventions for this, which is a kind of  
markup. But it depends how well quoting is used on the web...

> Is it necessary to disambiguate code used in quoted text from code added  
> by the author doing the quoting?

Is it common to have code marked as quoted?

cheers

Chaals

> please read http://oli.jp/2011/blockquote/#using-footer and the  
> following,
> sections
>
> My feeling is that the content of a quote is the text not the markup.
>
> thoughts
>
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
> HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>
>
>
> On 7 September 2013 20:18, Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> 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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