Thanks for that :) Lucien.
Lucien Stals [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Breton Slivka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 22/05/07 9:24 AM >>> Tell that to this search engine: http://kitchen.technorati.com/search/ On 21/05/2007, at 9:31 PM, Rob Kirton wrote: > More precisely, the use of id and class can only add semantic value > to developers or to those who have to maintain the site. They have > no bearing on "real world" semantics in terms of benefit derived by > end users and page retrieval via search engines. To that end they > are semantically neutral > > -- > Regards > > - Rob > > Raising web standards : http://ele.vation.co.uk > Linking in with others : http://linkedin.com/in/robkirton > > On 21/05/07, Mordechai Peller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Paul > Novitski wrote: > > Mordechai, please elaborate on this point: how does HTML lose > semantic > > value when ids & classes are added? I think of ids & classes as > being > > semantically neutral or inert. > When used properly, ids and classes add semantic value. (That ids and > classes can add value is, in part, the basis for microformats.) For > example, id="nav-main", id="footer", class="price" all add value. > However, there's values in scarcity. When ids and classes are scarce > there is an implied value which is imparted because "this element has > one and that element doesn't." With class="bullet1", class="bullet2", > class="bullet3", etc., their value is somewhat diluted. > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email. ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
