Ingo Chao wrote: > Zoe M. Gillenwater wrote: > >> In the context of web development, semantic markup means using the >> most meaningful (X)HTML element to mark up a piece of content as >> possible, given the constraints of the (X)HTML vocabulary, where the >> meaning of the element matches the meaning of the content. So yes, >> there are no specific (X)HTML elements for volume, tone of voice, >> etc, but the idea is to use the elements that come closest to >> matching these pieces of content as possible. >> >> However, semantic markup, by itself, is off-topic for this list. If >> one was to ask "What would be a good way to mark this up and style it >> so that it would look like such and such? Keep in mind that I care >> about semantic markup." that might be ok. Straight markup questions >> are not. >> > > > Wait, Scott originally asked > >> I need to display a volume bar and indicate the current level on a >> page. I was hoping to implement this using CSS alone, and was >> wondering if anyone had done something similar, and had some ideas. >> > > and correct me if there are more ways to interpret Scott's question; I > read it as a CSS question. And my attempt which was snipped for no > obvious reason was a CSS answer. >
It was absolutely a CSS question. I never said it wasn't, never said your answer was inappropriate, never said the thread was over. I mean what I say -- if I wanted to say these things, I would have said them. :-) After my little explanation of semantic markup, however, I wanted to just drop a reminder that semantic markup (or valid markup, or markup whatever) is not on-topic for this list except when discussed in conjunction with CSS. By all means, continue discussing how to mark up and style a volume control. > What would be > your answer, to help Scott? > I have no answer, nor am I at all interested in such an answer. So I didn't provide one. Sorry Scott, I can't help on this thread. > For the markup, I decided to go for a definition list, and my question > >> What would be the semantically correct representation of a volume >> control, a definition list? >> > could be read as a moment of uncertainty. > > Others who show some uncertainty about their results do get answers and > comments on this list regularly, sometimes by me. > Again, I wasn't saying your question was inappropriate. I didn't respond to your question simply because I have no interest in that question nor ideas readily at hand. Zoe -- Zoe M. Gillenwater Design Services Manager UNC Highway Safety Research Center http://www.hsrc.unc.edu ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
