[whatwg] [WA1] Web Apps 1.0: dfn and homonyms

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, fantasai wrote:
> > 
> > > Now my question is, what if you need to define the same term twice?
> > > E.g.
> > >  In CSS, a <dfn>property</dfn> is ...
> > >  However, in XXX, a <dfn>property</dfn> is ...
> > 
> > Give the two different title attributes.
> 
> You mean, like
>   <dfn title="CSS property">
> ?
> 
> Wouldn't that cause trouble for an automatic indexer? The term should
> be filed under 'property', not 'CSS'.

So make the title "property, CSS".

Or have the indexer do the usual thing, and reverse the word order.


> > This is done all over the place in the HTML5 spec, fwiw.
> 
> # <dfn id="updateeverything"
> #
> title="dom-datagrid-updateEverything"><code>updateEverything()</code></dfn>
> 
> That 'title' is not a human-targetted string, Ian.

Indeed.

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