- From: John Lewis <lewi0371@mrs.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:25:26 -0500
- To: www-html@w3.org
Jens wrote on Monday, June 30, 2003 at 11:43:35 AM: > In practice it's totally irrelevant if you use <object /> or <obj > />, <image /> or <img />, <paragraph /> or <p /> (as long as it > works), but one (and maybe the most important) thing is missing: a > consequent naming. Why is there <td />, but <object />, why is there > <p />, but <title /> (please, don't tell me any history or > background...)? This should shed some light on the subject: <http://www.w3.org/People/Bos/DesignGuide/readability.html> Basically, frequently used elements should have easy to type, short names. Rarely used elements should have long names that are easy to determine the meaning of. HTML/XHTML don't follow this ideal perfectly, but it explains why two distinct naming conventions exist in the first place. -- John Lewis
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