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

rjsparks at nostrum.com (Robert Sparks) Tue, 01 March 2016 18:08 UTC

From: rjsparks at nostrum.com (Robert Sparks)
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 12:08:09 -0600
Subject: [rfc-i] [IAB] draft-iab-html-rfc-02, "9.9 <bcp14>"
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On 3/1/16 8:34 AM, HANSEN, TONY L wrote:
> On 3/1/16, 9:19 AM, "Julian Reschke" <julian.reschke at gmx.de> wrote:
>
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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>:
>>>>
>>>> "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).
>>> That assumes that adding emphasis is the right thing to do. It might not be.
>>>
>>> -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)?
> I was referring to the markup, using <span class=bcp14> vs your proposed change to just use <em>.
I read Julian's suggestion to be <em class="bcp14">
Julian is that what you meant?
>
> 	Tony