- From: Jordan Reiter <jreiter@mail.slc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 03:06:53 -0400
- To: Paul Prescod <papresco@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca>
- Cc: www-html@w3.org
At 6:04 PM -0000 7/8/97, Paul Prescod wrote: >[1] The new spec. is quite clear that your usage of the word "tag" is >incorrect. It always was, but now it says so outright. Hmm... In my mind this is a *language* issue similar to grammar arguments I've gotten in. Some words or grammar usages are held to be commonly acceptable. And while certainly the underlying meaning of the issue--elements are actual document peices, while tags (start or end) are put into documents to show (if necessary) where these elements are--shows that the use of the term TAG is incorrect, the practical upside is that when I learned HTML I was told they were tags, most people conceptualize them as tags, and even now that I know that they really are elements, I still think of most elements as little bits of text strung out between two (if an end tag is necessary) *tags*. And while there is a P element, there is also a P tag: <P> Hence, as I conceptualize my coding as entering in tags which will be eventually conceptualized somehow, somewhere, as *elements*...well... I still am gonna call 'em tags. It's a nasty, filthy, disgusting habit. Thank goodness I don't smoke too. :-7 PS: Any and/or all grammatical mistakes in this message are there for humerous/demonstrative purposes. -------------------------------------------------------- [ Jordan Reiter ] [ mailto:jreiter@mail.slc.edu ] [ "You can't just say, 'I don't want to get involved.' ] [ The universe got you involved." --Hal Lipset, P.I. ] --------------------------------------------------------
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