And although A Pattern Language makes wonderful casual reading, there is also a deep formalism to its approach that only becomes evident the more you read it. I would like to help develop such a formalism in describing HTML . It is NOT a formal description of a pattern language . The 253 patterns presented in A Pattern Language were identified, discussed, and fleshed-out over ten years. This HTML Pattern Language is the product of one person working with HTML for a few months.
Empirical evidence is needed to show that the pattern works as claimed.
The patterns should make us feel good. The best thing I can say about the ideas discussed here is that they make me feel good. It is NOT a group effort . I would like to include patterns that work for other sites, but that don't appear in this one. It is NOT a declaration that HTML should be used by everyone .