- From: Arnoud <galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl>
- Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 20:28:26 +0200
- To: www-html@w3.org
In article <1.5.4.32.19960801134613.00748d04@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>, Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > At 12:32 PM 8/1/96 +0200, Arnoud "Galactus" Engelfriet wrote: > >It's similar to using <SPAN CLASS=phonenumber> and then specifying how > >it should be displayed in the style sheet, rather than having a standard > ><PHONE> element, which the browser can display/render/dial/stuff-in-a- > >phone-book any way it likes. > > It doesn't really matter whether you do it in CLASS or with an element. The > important thing is that it be _standardized_. We should standardize CLASS > sets just as we standardize entity and elemenet sets. That would only partially solve the problem. By putting information about the *contents* of marked-up text in a style sheet, you're actually lessening the power HTML can offer. Style sheets are for layout. HTML elements are for contents. Galactus -- To find out more about PGP, send mail with HELP PGP in the SUBJECT line to me. E-mail: galactus@stack.urc.tue.nl - Please PGP encrypt your mail if you can. Finger galactus@turtle.stack.urc.tue.nl for public key (key ID 0x416A1A35). Anonymity and privacy site: <http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~galactus/remailers/>
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