- From: David Woolley <forums@david-woolley.me.uk>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 10:33:27 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
On 07/08/18 05:45, Phill Jenkins wrote:
> In my opinion there is no *semantic* difference between Bold and Strong,
> it just that the term Bold and the element <b> *also* have a visual
> style meaning implied, but not guaranteed.
This issue is basically the result of an early aberration in HTML
resulting in B and I being introduced as presentational markup, in what
was otherwise a semantic markup language. Unfortunately, they will be
impossible to dislodge as graphic designers think in terms of
presentation not semantics, and screen reader developers go by trying to
make the best of what is in the real world, so tend to reinforce
misuses, and not support minority, but correct, use.
The HTML 1.2 definitions
<https://www.w3.org/MarkUp/draft-ietf-iiir-html-01.txt> are:
B Boldface, where available, otherwise
alternative mapping allowed.
STRONG Stronger emphasis, typically bold.
where it is clear that B was only intended to have presentational semantics.
Received on Tuesday, 7 August 2018 09:34:33 UTC