On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Remco<remc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I defy you to show me in the HTML 4.01 specification where something >> like the following is nonconforming: >> >> <p>I like to read nonfiction, such as <cite>John Adams</cite>, but I >> had more time for that when I was a professional academic.</p> >> > > I don't think John Adams is a name of a person in this context. It is > a group of works. >
Sorry, I shouldn't have been so obscure. I was referring to _John Adams_, by David McCullough, not John Adams the person or the collected works of John Adams. The point I'm trying to make by referencing the above HTML fragment is that using <cite> to surround the title of a work is perfectly acceptable in HTML 4.01, which Ian claims not to be the case. Erik