using <dfn> tag first time

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Steve Swift wrote:

Except in textbooks there is usually an accompanying footnote. I much prefer
the use of <DFN TITLE="Explanation">.

Then you should have a stylesheet for printed output which *does* produce
a footnote.

I would prefer a link to a glossary, for two reasons:

- The explanation is only at one point, not at all occurrences (in
hypertext, there is no "first" occurrence).

- The text outside the HTML tags contains all information.

I'm driven mad by missing footnotes or definitions. It's almost a shame that
DFN> produces the same visual clues whether it contains a TITLE or not.

You may change that in your stylesheet.

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Helmut Richter