[WEB4LIB] RE: "Style" sheets

Vicki Falkland rch.library at rch.org.au
Mon Aug 16 20:32:20 EDT 2004


i've seen it suggested that it be capitalised when speaking of "the Web" in
general, but lower case should be used when referring to a "web page" or
"web server" or "web site" etc.

maybe that's what they mean .. ?

v.






At 01:31 PM 16/08/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>O Brave New World! I mean, Wired. 
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>Note what they say: "Web will continue to be capitalized when part of the
>more official entity, World Wide Web." 
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>So what does that mean, anyway?  Have I been using the Unofficial Web (er,
>unofficial web) all this time, and no one clued me in about the Official
>Web? I feel so left out! How does this style rule translate to something
>mere writers can follow? When it is it an entity (or Das Entity) and when is
>it the mere unofficial web?
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>K.G. Schneider
>kgs at bluehighways.com
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