Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Another interpretation (that I assumed when I first read M's post) is that
it seems contrary to semantics to have date emphasised. If the em is only
used for visual styling, it should be replaced by pure styling markup (such
as adding a class instead).
If something truly is an emphasis, it's not redundant to mark it up as such
even if it emcompasses the entirety of the parent element's content.
While both Lea and Patrick missed part of that I was saying, Patrick is essentially correct about what he did comment on. In this regard, yes, emphasizing a stand alone date seems meaningless. The same effect should be done through
That part which both of you missed (or possibly just ignored) was the class assignment. By giving the date <dd> a class you can easily style it. For example: .date {font-style:italics; stress:60;} (I'm guessing about the aural property. I'm not sure if that's the correct property, or if the value is correct, but I think so. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/aural.html#propdef-stress)
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