Several examples how to use some literature markup language
elements for quotation, citation, references, bibliography
by
If statements from other authors are quoted, for example for a further discussion or to complete some argumentation, this entails some consequences:
If we have for example a citation from a specification, we typically have to not ask explicitly or we do not have to note the author, because such a specification has typically several authors and it is not identificable, who has written the statement:
For the "A semicolon-separated list of one or more values."
SVG 1.1 Animation Chapter,
SMIL animation
Note especially, that one value is possible too and that the list items are separated with semicola, therefore the
list consists of one list item more than the number of semicola, respectively the list starts and ends with a list item,
not with a semicolon.
The separation is achieved mainly by the usage of the element
There is no need, to note the resources always directly after the quotation, one may use a bibliography too:
For the "A semicolon-separated list of one or more values."
SVG,
SMIL
Note especially, that one value is possible too and that the list items are separated with semicola, therefore the
list consists of one list item more than the number of semicola, respectively the list starts and ends with a list item,
not with a semicolon.
... a lot of more text ...
If the author and the resource is known, the resource can be provided in the element
A relatively new phenomena in germany is the abuse of english words or phrases without knowing their
meaning exactly or to use it with another meaning than in english or in another way or using it as technical
term, while it is not used in english always as a technical term. If the word is english,
it is called an anglizism, for example: browser, printer, manager. Other neologisms only sound like english
phrases, but they are not derived from english, these phrases are called pseudoanglizism, for example:
An ironical comment about this so called denglish:
"Gern downlüdete ich, was du upgeloadet hast, aber du hast das file nicht verlinkt.
Dann loggte das form auch nicht in, weil keine action da war und das dann bestenfalls
mit js performt. Da muß man tighter an der spec bleiben, sonst hat der user da accessmäßig
und von der usability her voll abgeloost."
If the resource is known, but not the author, one may use as the
If there is no resource, at least the name of the author can be provided:
Typically almost nothing in live is really predictable, this seems to conflict a little bit with the scientific
demand to understand and to predict things. However for many things, the scientific approach works
pretty well because of an intense interplay of theory and experiment resulting in impressive refinements
of our image of our world, or how it is said: "Versuch macht kluch!"
,
translated in english something like: "trial makes clevar!" (Note that the typo
is intended to indicate some limits of this approach.)
In many areas it is common practise not to quote word-for-word, instead one only refers about the content and cites the related source:
Many attributes and elements in SVG can be animated, using SMIL animation SVG, therefore animation in SVG depends strongly on the SMIL animation specification. SMIL animation can be used for other language too, a new attempt are so called timesheets SMIL timesheets, usable similar to stylesheets.
In doubt such an approach avoids always disscussion about author's rights, because it is only referred to the source, it is not directly quoted.
Larger quotations can be included in the block element
According to its design principles,
If there is already a widely used and implemented technology covering particular use cases, consider specifying that technology in preference to inventing something new for the same purpose. Sometimes, though, new use cases may call for a new approach instead of more extensions on an old approach.
However this principle is often ignored in the current draft, for example instead of using established and declarative SMIL syntax for multimedia content, in the HTML5 draft the wheel is reinvented HTML5 video, HTML5 audio, partly using inaccessible scripting methods. Even more, the HTML5 editor tried to redefine the established SVG syntax to his own private philosophy. Fortunately this was removed again from the draft.