Re: Last call: Intro, SGML, MIME sections
Walter Pienciak (wpiencia@ep.ieee.org)
Fri, 5 May 95 09:22:06 EDT
Chris Lilley sez:
> I agree with this. When I teach people HTML, the first document I show them
> has this format:
>
> <title>Stuff</title>
> <h1>Stuff</h1>
> <p>More stuff</p>
>
> So I talk about the title, and here we see the beginning and end tags.
> And now we have a main heading, with the start and end tags. Lastly we
> have a paragraph, and here are the start and end tags. No-one has ever
> had a problem with this. Start them out right, and everything is fine.
> You can get onto missing out tags later, once the basic concept has
> sunk home.
>
> I am aware that missing out the trailing </p> is correct SGML. I was
> not speaking from an SGML viewpoint, but a pedagogical one. The first
> example sets the tone, so the first example should have a </p>
> prominently displayed.
delurk:
I agree. Using Chris's example above, I see many pages like
<title>Stuff</title>
<h1>Stuff</h1>
More stuff<p>
And more<p>
Assume the end tag is omitted in the draft example:
Some people will be confused.
Some pages will as a result implement the tags incorrectly.
Assume the end tag is included in the draft example:
Some people will say, "Hey, that's optional, y'know."
Those people may omit the end tag, which is fine.
T'other folks will think "container."
My $0.015,
Walter Pienciak