RE: [docbook-apps] slides: how to balance presentation and content

[Cavicchio_Rob@emc.com]

Justus-bulk@Piater.name [mailto:Justus-bulk@Piater.name] wrote:

> Is it? To me, "block" seems overly general. "Layout" is very explicit
> in that it says "I'm here for layout (and styling, etc.), not for
> semantic structure like all of my peers". Or <style>, as this term is
> used for all of this in CSS.  But I don't have a very strong opinion
> here.


Separating this from the issue of slides, I've often wanted to have a
generic block element (like <div>), so that I could attach meta-data to
an arbitrary collection of elements. Sometimes for layout purposes,
sometimes not. I think there is semantic value in having a very generic
container that basically says, "These things all go together."


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