- From: Ozob the Great <ozob1337@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:12:12 -0400
Sorry, mail client trouble. Here is the complete message. On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen at iki.fi> wrote: > > The use cases for <var> probably aren't strong enough to warrant its > addition to HTML at this stage if it hadn't been in HTML already--you might > as well use <i>. However, given that <var> has already been in HTML for a > long time, it probably isn't harmful enough to make it non-conforming. > Actually, its main harm is the opportunity cost of the debates about when > it's appropriate to use it. :-/ > I agree making <var> non-conforming is inappropriate. Let me make a specific and concrete proposal. 4.6.14 should be changed to read as follows: The var element represents a variable. This could be an actual variable in a programming context, or it could be a term used as a placeholder in prose. Use of var in a mathematical context is deprecated in favor of MathML content markup. The example following would be left the same. -- Ozob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/attachments/20080921/7b01171e/attachment.htm>
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