- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:13:57 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
magick wrote: >> Along the same lines, what about sub and sup? To me, they seem >> dangerously close to presentational markup, unless someone can >> enlighten me as to what the semantic meaning of these two elements is... > > Why stop there, why not add these: > > <strong> = Makes things bold > <em> = Makes things italic > <ins> = Underlines stuff > <del> = Adds strikethrough Because they are not presentational, as they denote meaning. Even if something isn't visually rendered as bold, the meaning of strong is still unambiguous and relates solely to the meaning...which would be rather obvious if you understood the difference between presentational and semantic, which you've just demonstrated you don't, I'm afraid. P -- Patrick H. Lauke __________________________________________________________ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com __________________________________________________________ Web Standards Project (WaSP) Accessibility Task Force http://webstandards.org/ __________________________________________________________
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