Thanks Kat!
I've been following this discussion and feeling like a cat at
Wimbledon, following the points back and forth...
For me this is the definitive match point!
Now do you have an equally incisive answer for <sup> and <sub>?
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On Jan 17, 2007, at 7:54 PM, Katrina wrote:
2) Language usage such as Latin as this is a long standing
convention in print and must be retained (thus not styled via CSS).
Example: <i lang="la">Lorem ispum</i>
I actually come across this situation from time to time and I have
ummed and ahhed over what the best thing to do is.
My final answer is to place it in spans, such as <span
class="species" lang="latin">Echium plantagineum</span> because:
1. The span offers flexibility: I have air-head moments where I
decide these things should be italic, and bold, and in a different
font, and then I decide the background should be a different
colour. I can never predict what sort of air-head moments I have
from year to year, and CSS allows me to cover for these moments
quite easily. So I can change them to these stupid settings and
then quickly change them back again :)
2. The web is essentially about semantic text. The audience reading
your pages may not necessarily be human, and you need to open up
your data to be available to your audience. Placing these sorts of
semantic data in your code opens it up. The web is not about visual
presentation, but about data. This is a really scary but powerful
concept, that I believe will become even more important in the
years to come.
3. All in code is evaluated by Google (a non-human audience
member), and that includes the class name of the span. Your quality
rating goes up, and SEOs could say more, but I believe also your
listing for 'species Echium plantagineum' goes up because of the
inclusion of the word 'species':)
So my argument is if you find you need to present it visually
different from surrounding text, ask yourself why. Why is this
special, and then mark it up with spans using that speciality.
Kat
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