On 2/12/04 1:33 PM, "Nick Lo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems a silly question but it bounces about enough that whilst > discussing it with a client I thought I'd put it to the list. > > During development when referring to HTML (and perhaps CSS) with a > client do you use the term "code" or the more pedantically correct, > though perhaps less recognised, term "markup" ? > > I'm asking as I often wonder which one the client grasps first. > > From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: > > code: > <software> Instructions for a computer in some programming > language, often machine language. The word "code" is often > used to distinguish instructions from data (e.g. "The code > is marked 'read-only'") whereas "software" is used in > contrast with "hardware" and may consist of more than just > code. > > markup > <text> In computerised document preparation, a method of > adding information to the text indicating the logical > components of a document, or instructions for layout of the > text on the page or other information which can be interpreted > by some automatic system. > > For example, the source of this dictionary is marked up by > enclosing cross-references in curly braces which are > significant to the World-Wide Web server software. > > Nick
I tend to use 'code', because a) this indeed makes more immediate sense for the client, and b) in a less technical definition, markup *can* be considered code, in that markup tags are the codes that the relevant parser requires to render the expected output. In fact, my other commonly used option is just to say 'HTML' - just about everybody understands roughly what that is, conceptually at least. Cheers, Kevin -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
