- From: Ron Currier <rcurrier@productview.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 1994 13:32:48 -0700 (EST)
- To: www-html@www0.cern.ch
michaelj@relay.relay.com (Michael Johnson) wrote: > Actually, that doesn't seem to be too bad. The <IMG> tag sets a similar > precedent. Perhaps <FOOTNOTE> and <MARGIN> could be enhanced to add the > SRC attribute and a MARKER attribute to allow the writer to specify a graphic > or textual marker to be placed in the document marking the note. > > I suspect that creating a new <DEFINITION> tag when you could simply use a > footnote or margin note might be overkill, however. The primary reason to create a new tag rather than use <FOOTNOTE> and/or <MARGIN> is to keep the symantic meanings intact. A definition is not neccessarily a footnote. I can imagine a browser which displays (or at least prints) footnotes as real footnotes and definitions in a glossary at the end of the document. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Currier rcurrier@ProductView.COM ProductView Interactive 617.492.6600 URL http://www.ProductView.COM/
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