- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:49:18 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Jonas Sicking wrote: > On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Ian Hickson<ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > I can't imagine really seeing enough sites using this to make it worth > > it, but maybe our experience with <time> will show this kind of thing > > is used a lot. > > > On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Jeremy Keith wrote: > >> > >> The measurement microformat will enable unambiguous description of > >> physical quantities and thus provide a solid ground for data sharing > >> and automation in many areas." > > > > This is begging the question. Just because a pattern occurs a lot > > doesn't mean that it should be marked up. > > Seems like these two arguments can be made against <meter> and <dialog> > respectively. Yes. Neither <dialog> nor <meter> were added because they are expected to be used in great numbers. Both were added to prevent another element from being _mis_used. (Specifically, <dialog> takes away from the risk of people marking up dialogs as association lists, and <meter> takes away from the risk of people marking up gauges as progress bars.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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