<p>Languages are particularly good at describing physical scenes and concrete behavior, but are particularly poor at describing complex behavior or abstractions. For example, try explaining how a watch works in English, or how you feel about love to your significant other. </p>
<p>Programming languages, on the other hand, are particularly good at describing complex behavior, like a watch, but not as concise at describing physical scenes and concrete behavior.</p>
<p>User interfaces are much more like the first category, scenes made of virtual components, but still use languages to describe components that are built like other programming languages.</p>
<p>Semantic seeks to bridge that gap and bring the best features of natural languages to interface design, to make creating and developing UI more simple and succint.</p>
<p>In Semantic element definitions can be expressed in groups have shared atttributes like size, color, type avoiding repetitive declarations</p>
<h3class="ui header">Portable and self-contained.</h3>
<p>Interface libraries shouldnt be walled gardens. UI components in Semantic are all self contained, that define optional couplings with other components. That means choosing to use semantic doesn't mean adopting an entire framework, or rewriting your codebase. Pick and choose what you want.</p>
<p>UI components in Semantic can be downloaded individually, defining only optional couplings with other components. That means choosing to use semantic doesn't mean adopting an entire framework, or rewriting your codebase. Pick and choose what you want.</p>
<h3class="ui header">Shared language, different implementations</h3>
<p>Semantic defines a relationship between UI element qualities and class names. Describing your site's content using a common language allows other developers to create UI definitions to match one shared vocabulary. This means you can redesign your website without retooling your html. Simply redefine the look and feel of your ui.</p>
<p>Semantic defines a relationship between UI element qualities and class names. Describing your site's content using a common language allows other developers to create UI definitions to match one shared vocabulary. This means you can redesign your website without retooling your html. Simply alter the look and feel of your UI using a different definition.</p>
<h3class="ui header">Only the important stuff</h3>
<p>Instead of giving every possible variation, or behavior under the sun, element definitions are designed to be a starting off point. No oversized downloads, or kitchen sink, just the stuff to get you started.</p>
jlukic
11 years ago