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Subject:RE: Web vs web From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Jul 2001 11:10:02 -0400
While I have never seen the distinction written down as you have, that's the
way I tend to do it.
Most people don't, however, distinguish between something that is on the Web
(WWW) and something on an intranet (web). Nor, usually, should they.
<soapbox>
I think that where something is located is not usually relevant, hence I am
more and more likely to use web rather than Web.
</soapbox>
My 2¢
John
John Garison
Documentation Manager
IDe
150 Baker Avenue Extension
Concord, MA 01742
-----Original Message-----
From: Krisyna Knoblauch [mailto:kristyna_knoblauch -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:04 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Web vs web
Recently a colleague reviewed our newsletter in which
we encourage readers to "Review our website." This has
opened a discussion in my department about the proper
way to distinguish the "Web" vs "web".
My comment was that Web is short for the World Wide
Web and web is the correct way to describe an HTML (or
other programming language) site that is viewable
online.
I have searched many online dictionaries and
encyclopedias without finding a clear distinction
between the two.
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