A very similar example would be bibliographic citations, though I believe there are as many variations in common use as it is possible to have!
Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Ingram > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 4:56 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: [WSG] Legitimate uses of <b> and <i> > > I know these tags are only supposed to be used for > presentational rather > than semantic emphasis, but i've been struggling to come up with > examples of when they would be used. > > The only situation I can think of when there is an established visual > standard for certain things that don't really have a semantic > emphasis. > > For example, when listing somebody's academic qualifications the > standard is to display the institution in italics but i'd say > that it's > not appropriate to use <em>. > > A. Ingram, MEng <i>Warw</i> > > Does anyone know of any other legitimate uses of these tags? > > - Andrew Ingram > > > ******************************************************************* > 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] *******************************************************************
