<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Henri Sivonen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hsivonen@iki.fi">hsivonen@iki.fi</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">The use cases for <var> probably aren't strong enough to warrant its addition to HTML at this stage if it hadn't been in HTML already--you might as well use <i>. However, given that <var> has already been in HTML for a long time, it probably isn't harmful enough to make it non-conforming. Actually, its main harm is the opportunity cost of the debates about when it's appropriate to use it. :-/<br>
</div></blockquote></div><br><div>I agree making <var> non-conforming is inappropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me make a specific and concrete proposal. 4.6.14 should be changed to read as follows:</div><div><br>
</div><div>The var element represents a variable. This could be an actual variable in a programming context, or it could be a term used as a placeholder in prose. Use of var in a mathematical context is deprecated in favor of MathML content markup.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The example</div></div>