Re:The HTML A element is broken
by Terretta on Wednesday March 06, 2013 @03:55PM
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> there are only three semantic things - anchors, images and text
That's not what he said. Also, those are not similar things. A, with or without HREF, can wrap the other two. Images and text are symbols of meaning where the text defines itself as to what that meaning is, and the image defines itself as to what that meaning is.
A blockquote indeed means something, but it doesn't define itself. It just sets off text from other text. It needs text (one of those two things above) inside it to convey the quoted meaning.
Put another way, a blockquote is not content. Text is content, as is an image.
That's not what he said. Also, those are not similar things. A, with or without HREF, can wrap the other two. Images and text are symbols of meaning where the text defines itself as to what that meaning is, and the image defines itself as to what that meaning is.
A blockquote indeed means something, but it doesn't define itself. It just sets off text from other text. It needs text (one of those two things above) inside it to convey the quoted meaning.
Put another way, a blockquote is not content. Text is content, as is an image.