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Two minor notes: 1. "Semantic web" refers to data being linked and having meaning. You're referring to semantic HTML. 2. I don't think <strong> meant <em> but
by Vinnl 7y ago
Two minor notes:
1. "Semantic web" refers to data being linked and having meaning. You're referring to semantic HTML.
2. I don't think <strong> meant <em> but more so - as I understood it, <strong> meant text that had to stand out from the rest, whereas <em> meant that text was emphasised. Though I might be confusing it now with the retro-actively applied "semantics" of <b> and <i>.
Totally agree with the overall point btw, and I do tend to use them in the way you described.
- combatentropy 7y ago> I don't think <strong> meant <em> but more so I guess it was an HTML 4 thing, the standard at the time of Markdown, https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.1 https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#h-9.2.1 <em>: emphasis. <strong>: stronger emphasis. I see that HTML 5 has tweaked their descriptions, https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-em-element https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.... <em>: stress emphasis <strong>: strong importance, seriousness, or urgency
- cornishpixels 7y agoHTML 4 was not the standard at the time of Markdown. XHTML was.
- Vinnl 7y agoHuh, I guess it was. Anyway, it was all a whole lot of "semantics-washing" anyway; it's lot like people strictly adhere to strong rules of when text should appear bold or in italics anyway.
- adrianhel 7y agoAgree. It's really missing the point of how this has been used in reality for the sake of promoting semantics in an area where semantics rarely matter.