At 5/26/2007 05:59 AM, Paul Collins wrote:
OK, thanks for your help, I just thought there may be some kind of
HTML tag that adds seperate semantic value to the introductory
paragraph, to differentiate it from the strong text in the body, like
the <big> tag for example.
I will probably use the <strong> tag then.
I think the problem with using <strong> to demarcate your
introduction isn't that <strong> is presentational (it's not) but
rather that it does nothing to express what's different semantically
about an introduction. You may wish to present the introductory
paragraph in a "stronger font" than the body of the article, but
that's of course a matter of presentation and doesn't belong in the
markup. The introductory text itself isn't <strong>stronger</strong>
than the article body, is it? It's just the introduction.
Since HTML doesn't contain an element that expresses the introductory
nature of a text block, I second the motion to use <p
class="introduction">. It correctly marks up the introductory
paragraph(s) as paragraphs, identifies them for styling purposes, and
indicates to anyone or anything peering under the hood at the HTML
what's different about this part of the article.
If any more explicit demarcation is felt necessary, I suggest using a
subhead <hn>Introduction</hn> to indicate the nature of the block to follow.
Regards,
Paul
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Paul Novitski
Juniper Webcraft Ltd.
http://juniperwebcraft.com
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