[whatwg] Ghosts from the past and the semantic Web

Kristof Zelechovski giecrilj at stegny.2a.pl
Thu Aug 28 11:27:36 PDT 2008


The proposition that classification should be used for presentation only is
definitely not sound.  I agree you cannot make everybody happy - but that
does not mean you have to make all losers happy.
Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: whatwg-bounces at lists.whatwg.org
[mailto:whatwg-bounces at lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Ben Adida
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 6:15 PM
To: Kristof Zelechovski
Cc: whatwg at lists.whatwg.org; 'Eduard Pascual'; 'Shannon'
Subject: Re: [whatwg] Ghosts from the past and the semantic Web

Kristof Zelechovski wrote:
> An element can belong to multiple classes, some of them semantic and some
> presentational (if you really have to).  These usages are not mutually
> exclusive.

Well, that was the argument some made, but it was soundly rejected by
folks who felt we were stepping on @class's toes. At the end of the day,
we went with the least amount of disruption possible.

Can't make everyone happy, right?

-Ben




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