L. David Baron wrote:
On Friday 2007-03-02 12:09 -0500, Gus Richter wrote:
Although HTML tries to separate presentation in favor of CSS, such as in:
<http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#block-inline>
It describes it as "formatting" for block/inline elements for HTML and
describes it as "rendering" as block/ inline for CSS and goes on to say
that CSS overrides the "conventional interpretation of HTML elements".
The word "Generally" occurs three times in the definitions within
that section. In other words, what you're saying is usually true,
but not strictly true. (Consider examples such as INS/DEL and
NOSCRIPT.)
I understand your point, although I have no problems with them.
*NOSCRIPT* is defined as a block (with render/ignore proviso) and with
block content per the HTML DTD.
*INS/DEL*, on the other hand, are defined as "unusual" in the HTML
specification, as they may be either block-level or inline elements with
either block or inline content (%flow;), all depending on where used.
I suppose part of the reason I objected to using the HTML spec as a
definition is really not that what you said is strictly wrong, but
rather than the HTML spec is so inaccurate and unmaintained that
it's silly to use it as a reference for anything.
Regarding your description of the HTML spec as being faulty (and
Christian's insinuated "there is no such specification necessary"), I
can only say that Mozilla, as a W3C member has recourse to question and
ask for clarification on points, which the rest of us do not. In fact,
we rely on Mozilla (the banner carrier) to do that for us and somehow
get this clarification back to us. Indeed, I believe that it is only
right that when a Mozilla member is questioned on a point in one of the
Moz Dev NGs, after having exhausted other avenues, to expect a
knowledgeable voice of authority to explain/clarify things. The HTML
Specification (along with the HTML DTD) is the Bible (CSS is the
catechism in the sense that they go hand-in-hand) to us and it is
"necessary" to have this reference no matter how faulty or clear-as-mud
it gets in parts, for after all, it's all we've got in order to help to
carry the banner.
Thank you for your time and I'll go back to do more reading and less
posting now. ;-)
--
Gus
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