Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 11 March 99

Foil 32 Logical vs. Visual Design

From Overview of JavaScript II -- From Cookies to Dynamical HTML CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age -- Spring Semester 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox (Tom Scavo)
The logical design of a document (content) should be separate from its visual design (presentation)
Separation of logical and visual design
  • promotes sound typography
  • encourages better writing
  • is more flexible
HTML mixes the logical with the visual
Internal Representation of Microsoft Word will/should be XML while "Save As HTML" should gives its visual rendering in HTML

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