[rfc-i] draft-iab-html-rfc-02, "9.9 <bcp14>"

julian.reschke at gmx.de (Julian Reschke) Tue, 01 March 2016 14:19 UTC

From: julian.reschke at gmx.de (Julian Reschke)
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 15:19:09 +0100
Subject: [rfc-i] draft-iab-html-rfc-02, "9.9 <bcp14>"
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On 2016-03-01 15:14, HANSEN, TONY L wrote:
> On 3/1/16, 2:59 AM, "rfc-interest on behalf of Julian Reschke" <rfc-interest-bounces at rfc-editor.org on behalf of julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote:
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>> <http://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-iab-html-rfc-02.html#rfc.section.9.9>:
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>> "This element marks up words like MUST and SHOULD with an HTML <span>
>> element with the CSS class "bcp14"."
>>
>> I believe a better choice would be to map to <em>, because this is a
>> case of adding emphasis (but still with a specific CSS class).
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> That assumes that adding emphasis is the right thing to do. It might not be.
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> -1

When you say "adding emphasis", do you refer to the markup (<span> vs 
<em>), or to the display (which I do not propose to change at all)?

Best regards, Julian