Semantic markup is silly. I see the same terms commonly defined and that by logical extension is foolish. If you don't know what RSS means, for instance, having it explained to you as Really Simply Syndiation means *nothing*. If you already have an RSS reader, meaning you actually care about RSS, the you don't need it explained.
And what's all the hoopla about defining something like HTML? Nobody who's reading a site cares what HTML means if they don't already know it. Letters to the Editor of a newspaper aren't burdened by the writers lack of knowledge about pics and points and ems and ens etc....
The only way semantics would be useful is to define really uncommon words. And so far, nobody does that. There's just too much work involved.
Seth Thomas Rasmussen
· 4 years ago
Roger clearly knows his stuff. Semantics are meaningless! (Oh, the irony!)
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And what's all the hoopla about defining something like HTML? Nobody who's reading a site cares what HTML means if they don't already know it. Letters to the Editor of a newspaper aren't burdened by the writers lack of knowledge about pics and points and ems and ens etc....
The only way semantics would be useful is to define really uncommon words. And so far, nobody does that. There's just too much work involved.