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Matthew Thomas » When semantic markup goes bad.  The first sentence of this useful entry is "In HTML, there are semantic elements and presentational elements. Semantic elements (like a href, cite, code, em, p, samp, and strong) have specific meanings. Presentational elements (like br, font, tt, b, and i) do not – they only alter visual presentation."  Although I think there is an unfortunate confusion in the use of "semantics," it is interesting that one can tag this way, and have a better chance, with some agreement, of customizing presentation in an appropriate way.  Go here for tips on that and not to worry about my objection to "semantic."
posted by Dennis at 5/5/2004 12:39:53 PM