[html5] r3876 - [e] (0) Tweak <article> for clarity.

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Wed Sep 16 04:09:00 PDT 2009


Author: ianh
Date: 2009-09-16 04:09:00 -0700 (Wed, 16 Sep 2009)
New Revision: 3876

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Tweak <article> for clarity.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2009-09-16 10:45:16 UTC (rev 3875)
+++ index	2009-09-16 11:09:00 UTC (rev 3876)
@@ -12862,6 +12862,11 @@
   sections of a thesis. A Web site's home page could be split into
   sections for an introduction, news items, contact information.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>Authors are encouraged to use the
+  <code><a href=#the-article-element>article</a></code> element instead of the <code><a href=#the-section-element>section</a></code>
+  element when it would make sense to syndicate the contents of the
+  element.</p>
+
   <p class=note>The <code><a href=#the-section-element>section</a></code> element is not a generic
   container element. When an element is needed for styling purposes or
   as a convenience for scripting, authors are encouraged to use the
@@ -13049,14 +13054,11 @@
   </dl><p>The <code><a href=#the-article-element>article</a></code> element <a href=#represents>represents</a> a
   component of a page that consists of a self-contained composition
   that forms an independent part of a document, page, application, or
-  site. This could be a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, a
-  Web log entry, a user-submitted comment, an interactive widget, or
-  any other independent item of content.</p>
- 
-  <p>An <code><a href=#the-article-element>article</a></code> element is "independent" in the sense
-  that its contents could stand alone, for example in syndication, or
-  as a interchangeable component on a user-configurable portal
-  page.</p>
+  site and that is intended to be independently distributable or
+  reusable, e.g. in syndication. This could be a forum post, a
+  magazine or newspaper article, a Web log entry, a user-submitted
+  comment, an interactive widget or gadget, or any other independent
+  item of content.</p>
 
   <p>When <code><a href=#the-article-element>article</a></code> elements are nested, the inner
   <code><a href=#the-article-element>article</a></code> elements represent articles that are in
@@ -25884,7 +25886,7 @@
   between the top of the em square and the bottom of the em square,
   the alphabetic baseline is where characters like Á, ÿ,
   f, and Ω are anchored, the ideographic baseline is
-  where glyphs like 私 and &#x9054; are anchored, and the bottom
+  where glyphs like 私 and 達 are anchored, and the bottom
   of the em square is roughly at the bottom of the glyphs in a
   font. The top and bottom of the bounding box can be far from these
   baselines, due to glyphs extending far outside the em square." src=images/baselines.png></p>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2009-09-16 10:45:16 UTC (rev 3875)
+++ source	2009-09-16 11:09:00 UTC (rev 3876)
@@ -13673,6 +13673,11 @@
   sections of a thesis. A Web site's home page could be split into
   sections for an introduction, news items, contact information.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">Authors are encouraged to use the
+  <code>article</code> element instead of the <code>section</code>
+  element when it would make sense to syndicate the contents of the
+  element.</p>
+
   <p class="note">The <code>section</code> element is not a generic
   container element. When an element is needed for styling purposes or
   as a convenience for scripting, authors are encouraged to use the
@@ -13866,14 +13871,11 @@
   <p>The <code>article</code> element <span>represents</span> a
   component of a page that consists of a self-contained composition
   that forms an independent part of a document, page, application, or
-  site. This could be a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, a
-  Web log entry, a user-submitted comment, an interactive widget, or
-  any other independent item of content.</p>
- 
-  <p>An <code>article</code> element is "independent" in the sense
-  that its contents could stand alone, for example in syndication, or
-  as a interchangeable component on a user-configurable portal
-  page.</p>
+  site and that is intended to be independently distributable or
+  reusable, e.g. in syndication. This could be a forum post, a
+  magazine or newspaper article, a Web log entry, a user-submitted
+  comment, an interactive widget or gadget, or any other independent
+  item of content.</p>
 
   <p>When <code>article</code> elements are nested, the inner
   <code>article</code> elements represent articles that are in




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