- From: Steve Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 09:58:02 +0100
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Cc: WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CA+ri+VmyXDg68SZnW-yPaZRQVPJm6=VU=8PGvLmn3McQdsiVRQ@mail.gmail.com>
> > Although I don't want to get too philosophical here...what *is* a > subheading, exactly? Is there any unambiguous definition? that's part of the issue I also think we are twisting ourselves in knots over an issue that is frankly less important than many of the other accessibility issues we could spend time working on. -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/> On 8 May 2013 09:46, Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk> wrote: > On 08/05/2013 09:39, Steve Faulkner wrote: > >> Hi Olaf, >> I think you have hit the nail on the head. >> >> I many cases, the parts of a title delineated as a subtitle are just >> differences in visual style (also alluded to by Duff) >> >> We also appear to be forgetting the words themselves in the equation and >> what information they convey. >> >> As for the use of punctuation, its seems that if they cannot be used as >> a reliable indicator of meaning (as Ian suggests) then we are doomed. >> > > Although I don't want to get too philosophical here...what *is* a > subheading, exactly? Is there any unambiguous definition? Looking randomly > at, say, http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/**subheading<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/subheading>doesn't give me anything beyond suggesting that a construct like > > <h1>The Lord of the Rings</h1> > <h2>The Two Towers</h2> > > may be as good a solution as any. *ducks* > > P > -- > Patrick H. Lauke > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively > [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] > > www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk > http://redux.deviantart.com | http://flickr.com/photos/**redux/<http://flickr.com/photos/redux/> > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke > ______________________________**______________________________**__ > >
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