Barney Carroll wrote:
[snip]
What I believe you're getting at... Is that 'horizontal rule' in itself
does not 'mean' anything - it is off-putting because it is a tag whose
name signifies a visual symbol which signifies an abstract value. Far
better for all of us, I think, to have this replaced by the term
'separator' - which could be styled to appear as a horizontal rule if
such is required of the medium the document is rendered in.
The <br> element is slightly more complex, because 'break' is a more
useful term. As it happens, the only application of a <br> is to
separate objects with a line-break - which is made redundant because it
is possible to customize just such an effect with the natural separation
of the two elements it divides. If <br> could be styled, I would far
prefer to use that then an <hr>.
But we're all agreed, I hope, that having an element achieve this effect
is much desired (even if it might be difficult for a machine to quickly
interpret its value) - after all, it's long been in semantic use in
human literature pre-ML. I think we're also all agreed that <separation>
is a better name for such a thing.
Regards,
Barney
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<br/>? <hr/>? etc. How about <p>?
What does <p> actually "mean" other than it's presentational attributes?
For example, does:
<p> Duis lobortis ultricies elit. Nunc et purus vitae risus venenatis
molestie.
Nullam scelerisque venenatis leo. Quisque sit amet leo at lacus
rutrum
iaculis. Sed auctor lorem eget nisl. Fusce pulvinar. Nunc
varius pellentesque
velit. </p>
<p> Nulla facilisi. Etiam vitae quam. Aliquam eget massa vitae
pede tristique
luctus. Maecenas iaculis suscipit felis. In lobortis wisi
rutrum sem.
Maecenas molestie ultricies mi. Mauris sit amet arcu. Aliquam
erat volutpat.
Praesent ullamcorper. Aenean feugiat erat in quam. </p>
'Mean' any more than:
Duis lobortis ultricies elit. Nunc et purus vitae risus venenatis
molestie.
Nullam scelerisque venenatis leo. Quisque sit amet leo at lacus
rutrum
iaculis. Sed auctor lorem eget nisl. Fusce pulvinar. Nunc
varius pellentesque
velit. Nulla facilisi. Etiam vitae quam. Aliquam eget massa
vitae pede tristique
luctus. Maecenas iaculis suscipit felis. In lobortis wisi
rutrum sem.
Maecenas molestie ultricies mi. Mauris sit amet arcu. Aliquam
erat volutpat.
Praesent ullamcorper. Aenean feugiat erat in quam. </p>
????
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Bob
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