- From: Matthew Wilcox <mail@matthewwilcox.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:48:59 +0000
What's wrong with using a class on the <article> to identify the author stylistically? It's already identified semantically by having their name in the <article> itself, right (presumably in a <footer> too)? On 26 January 2012 13:57, Bjartur Thorlacius <svartman95 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:26:31 -0000, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > >> Actually, they are remarkably similar. I think it's anachronistic to >> consider that the utterances of the site owner are in some way distinct >> from the utterances of the site readers. >> >> While I do agree with you (for a change), identifying authors of > <article>s is undeniably useful. First-posters in a thread or syndication > may be styled differently from other posters, <articles> by authors of > outer <articles> may be emphasized in some way, <articles> by certain > authors may be omit, etc. I find no algorithm for identifying authors of > <article>s in the spec. Should the value of the first href attribute in a > footer be assumed to identify the author? That seems bound to break, early > and often. > -- > -,Bjartur >
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