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color=#0000ff size=2>Whilst I can see the removal of the span, in your example
where would it differ from a strong (apart from strong being semantically
recognised). Is there really enough of a need here to create a new element
rather than using existing patterns of <span class=""> or strong / em
styled with CSS to achieve the same result?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=679154916-02102007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Richard.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org
[mailto:whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rachid
Finge<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 October 2007 17:38<BR><B>To:</B> Devi Web
Development<BR><B>Cc:</B> whatwg@whatwg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [whatwg] lede
element<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>The term 'lede' is more commonly spelled as 'lead' by journalists
throughout the world. It seems like a sensible idea, although I'm wondering why
you added the P element in your example.<BR><BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>Rachid
Finge<BR><BR><BR><BR>Devi Web Development wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:3bceeb2d0710011102g774f7025o6b4c023097ffb79c@mail.gmail.com
type="cite">This is just an idea for what I consider to be a solidly semantic
element. It isn't necessary nor does it add any new functionality. However, it
removes one more need for additional <SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace">span<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: courier new,monospace"> </SPAN></SPAN>elements.<BR
clear=all><BR>The lede element is an inline element useful for signifying the
lede in a document. It is commonly used term in journalism for the opening
sentence or two which introduces the article. <BR>More detailed description
can be found at<BR><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_style#Terms_and_structure"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_style#Terms_and_structure</A><BR><BR><BR>Usage
Case:<BR><BR><h1>Burmese monks 'to be sent away'</h1>
<BR><p><lede>Thousands of monks detained in Burma's main city of
Rangoon will be sent to prisons in the far north of the country, sources have
told the BBC.</lede> About 4,000 monks have been rounded up in the past
week as the military government has tried to stamp out pro-democracy protests.
They are being held at a disused race course and a technical college. Sources
from a government-sponsored militia said they would soon be moved away from
Rangoon... <BR><BR>A common styling (in CSS) would
be<BR>lede{font-weight:bold}<BR>however, I would not imagine that to be
default<BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------<BR>Daniel
Brumbaugh Keeney<BR>Devi Web Development <BR><A
href="mailto:Devi.WebMaster@gMail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Devi.WebMaster@gMail.com</A><BR>-------------------------------------------<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>