Javi wrote:
> Michael(tm) Smith wrote:
>> I'm sorry, but I don't see any real-world difference between
>> "emphasis" and italics, nor "strong emphasis" and bold. In
>> practice, they amount to the same thing, and pretending that
>> they're not doesn't really help anybody. But what might help a
>>
> Come on, Michael. How can you say this? italics and bold are two
> possible renderings for some internal meaning. In markup you should mark
> your intended meaning, and then later you will decide the better way to
> render this meaning.
For users used to M$ Word it is quite a transition. 'Leading' them
gently from bold and underline and italic to semantic markup should be
made as easy as possible, even if it upsets the hard line semantic folks.
regards
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Dave Pawson
XSLT, XSL-FO and Docbook FAQ
http://www.dpawson.co.uk
