- From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 19:07:32 +0100
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@gbiv.com>
- Cc: spec-prod@w3.org
* Roy T. Fielding wrote: >The output chosen for definitions in W3C specs is easily the worst >example >of spec language abuse that I have ever seen. Definitions are supposed >to >highlighted to the reader, not placed in obscurity through the addition >of >[Definition: ...]. Mark-up should never obscure CONTENT. The "Definition:" clearly highlights the definition and the square brackets clearly delimit the definition from other text in the same paragraph. This style is widely used in W3C Technical Reports and well-understood by the target audience; you are the first one who complains about it as far as I can tell; I do not agree that the style is "obscure" in a meaningful way. If there are going to be such changes, the new style should be much more usable than the old style. You have unfortunately not proposed a style that would. -- Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de Weinh. Str. 22 · Telefon: +49(0)621/4309674 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de 68309 Mannheim · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/
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