[whatwg] the cite element

• From: Kristof Zelechovski <giecrilj@stegny.2a.pl>
• Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:49:31 +0200
• Message-ID: <A34933AC1F4543819D146078D733587D@POCZTOWIEC>

I can imagine two reasons the CITE element cannot be defined as "citing
whom":
  1. Existing tools may assume it contains a title.
  2. A title is conventionally typeset in italic because it is an expression
that is a proper name although it does not really look like one, whereas the
author does not pose such problems with interpretation.  Compare:
  2a. This page is about birds. --- That page is about "Birds". (different
meaning)
  2b. This is a play by Shakespeare. --- Shakespeare was born in England.
(the same meaning)
IMHO,
Chris

Received on Wednesday, 1 July 2009 09:49:31 UTC