On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:55:06 -0800, Walter Underwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Or "description" instead of "tagline". "subtitle" sounds like a
> formatting directive to me, "print this smaller and below the title."

"description" feels too vague.
 
> This is one case where "description" and "summary" are not really
> the same thing. But it might be confusing, because HTML uses a
> description meta tag for the summary. Ick.

The difference between "summary" and "description/subtitle" is that
the former is a shorter version of something else, whereas the latter
is an expanded version.
 
> How about "blurb"? American Heritage dictionary has: "A brief publicity
> notice, as on a book jacket."

I would prefer "blurb" over "description".  I like "subtitle" better
than either.

Lance

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