On 5/4/06 9:36 AM, "Richard Czeiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Micky, > > I'm not sure about the whole Unordered List approach .... > > BUT! You do raise a point and it made me think of my old Structuralism > english lit classes at uni... > They reckoned that you could only have multiple signifiers (descriptors for > a concept) but only one signified (the concept itself) ... > A rough example might be: "dog", "chien", "bow wow", image of a dog, etc... > which are all signifiers for the one signified - the actual dog itself. > > Effectively, in a coding sense, this would mean only one <dt> and many <dd>s > > <dt>Dog</dt> > <dd><q lang="en">Dog</q></dd> > <dd><q lang="fr">Chien</q></dd> > <dd><object src="bowWow.mp3" /></dd> > <dd><img src="dog.jpg width="100" height="100" alt="Image of my puppy" > /></dd> > > This would be how a Sturcturalist would put it together and these guys > invented semantics. > In terms of the book or product image, I'd lean towards the above example. > The image itself isn't a signified but rather a signifier so it would be a > <dd>. > Similarly the ISBN is not a representation of the conept itself but rather a > way of describing it, so it too would go in a <dd>. > > ... > > Did I just over-geek the whole scenario? > > R :o) I think that was about the best logical breakdown of the problem and solution I've seen. No gut feelings, no personal preferences or coding biases, just plain ole problem-solving logic. You even made me change my own personal view on the topic! -- Kevin Futter Webmaster, St. Bernard's College http://www.sbc.melb.catholic.edu.au/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
