On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Ian Hickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Pentasis wrote: [...] >> As the <mark> element has different usages defined on it already why not >> include a "type" attribute (or similar) that defines what it is used >> for. One of these types would then be "footnote", others could be >> (relating to what is already in the spec) "term", "highlight" etc. (I am >> sure others would be much better at thinking up names than I am). > > That's what the "class" attribute is for.
What's the difference then between <mark> and <span> then? I mean, does the <mark> element provide anything that <span> with an appropriate class wouldn't?