4.4.1. XHTML Skiing Module

So, I’m reading the XHTML specs on the w3c website (it’s always good to see if how much more I can undestand each time I go back) when I come across this section.

Bascially, the linked page gives a lot of technical info on how XHTML should be used, and how you can add bits to it to make it do what you want it to do. At the moment I’m trying to find out how to put start="x" back into the <ol> element, since it was taken out in a moment of idiocy.

Anyway, in amongst all the CDATA and stuff that, quite frankly, goes a bit over my head, I find a section on how XHTML can be used to describe “aspects of a ski lodge”, under the heading “4.4.1. XHTML Skiing Module”. What?! Have they gone mad?

XHTML, for those who aren’t geeks like me, is the language used to display web pages. Right click and select “view source”. If you’re using a civilised browser, it should colour the XHTML tags for you; but if you’re using Internet Explorer, you’ll have to put up with the rubbishness of Notepad. Anyway, you will be able to see how to put a link into your document (<a>), and how to make headings (<h1>). XHTML is all about what different bits of text do (i.e., is this text a link or a heading?).

So what this whole thing about ski lodges is all about, well, I’m a bit confused. I thought it was pretty funny, anyway. It’s probably not, but I thought it was.