- From: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 23:07:55 +0200
- To: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- CC: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>, W3C HTML <www-html@w3.org>
>> Well, can you please shed some light on some XHTML 2.0 issues >> (though they're rather questions which concern former HTML >> versions): >> >> - For non-native English speakers, it's sometimes difficult to >> understand the difference between <cite /> and <quote />, since >> citations often seem to be quoted, too (this is a presentational >> aspect, I know). >> >> I must admit, what exactly is the semantic difference? I always >> perceived the <quote /> and <blockquote /> elements as a more >> general approach to represent citations, too. > > This (the examples given) could be *one* of the possibilities, the > precise content model is not completely defined; Some will say it's a > feature, others will say it's a bug. It really depends on what you > do and what kind of apps you developed, maybe the missing guide for > XHTML is an official *Best Practices for XHTML* Such a guide might be nice. Although I think that a tight specification should be enough. The above addressed questions should be clear from the specification. > The class values (dc:title, dc:author) are my own and have nothing > official. if you want to style that in CSS, you have to do something > like that: > > .dc\:title { color: black;} Maybe some RDF attribute should be developed? So elements can be given more specific semantics without the need for CLASS "hacks" or "ugly workarounds". > the value of the cite is a *URI*, so URN are possible if you think > that in your system it's better. Unfortunately they are not > implemented as a link in browsers. Maybe because the specification doesn't define how a browser should treat the attribute exactly? It doesn't sound really like good design either to hide information that should be displayed inside an attribute. > When there is for example an "http-like" URI. You may wish to have a > contextual menu to go to the source. Exactly. Or having elements so people can describe the source of quotation. <blockquote> <p>...</p> <p>...</p> <source href="http://example.org/">...</source> </blockquote> Where SOURCE can have nested inline elements. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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