Nathan, Am Dienstag, 12. Juli 2005 um 15:37:41 haben Sie geschrieben:
> In speech, I would say we do a similar thing...not the same. There are > rules for italics (refering to a particular thing, like a book or a > word) that don't refer to any verbal usage. You wouldn't want screen > readers to put emphasis there (i.e. "Because it is a verb, /run/ has a > past, present, and future tense."). Yet we choose two elements, EM and > STRONG that come from written forms instead of INF1 through INF5 for > inflection values. Sure we can mimic inflection for EM and STRONG, but > that doesn't change their origin or primary intention. I mean, think > about it, we have whole tags devoted to tables and images - purely > visual content. What purely auditory elements do we have (auditory > descriptors of visual data don't count)? I think of <strong> and <em> as abstract concepts. They don't come from written forms but from the intention to distinguish between a "normal" part of content and a "emphasized". There are some purely auditory elements in real life: Like clapping hands... And even in speech you use different "melodies" to express your feelings. Think of the real worlds equivalents to ;-) :-) or :-P >>> You are mixing DATA, CONTENT, STRUCTURE and VISUALIZATION. > I'm not aware of all these differences...what's the difference between > data and content? Aren't they the same? The closest thing I could find > is the difference between data and information CONTENT is text, images... this content is represanted by 01010011 on the harddrive, which is DATA. Martin. ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
