Web Applications 1.0 <3 Stargate SG-1
April 20th, 2006
I was glancing through the Web Applications 1.0 spec earlier as I wanted to find out what the differences between the ways Web Application 1.0 comments and SGML comments are handled as changed in Opera 9.0.
It surprised me to see so many references to Stargate SG-1 in the specification. The code example for example 2.10.9 is:
<p>The <dfn><abbr>Zat</abbr></dfn>, short for Zat'ni'catel, is a weapon.</p>
<p>Jack used a <abbr>Zat</abbr> to make the boxes of evidence disappear.</p>
Sounds a bit like the episode 1969 to me.
From section groups (tabs), section 2.17.5:
<ul> <li>Jack O'Neill</li> <li>Samantha Carter</li> <li>Daniel Jackson</li> <li>Teal'c</li> <li>Jonas Quinn</li> </ul>
Yup, the specification for the next version of HTML considers Jonas Quinn to be more of a member of SG-1 than Cameron Mitchell and Vala Mal Doran! Jonas is way cooler anyway although I know quite a few people who don't like Jonas.
From 2.10.8 dfn element:
<p>The <dfn><abbr title="Garage Door Opener">GDO</abbr></dfn>is a device that allows off-world teams to open the iris.</p><!-- ... later in the document: --><p>Teal'c activated his <abbr title="Garage Door Opener">GDO</abbr> and so Hammond ordered the iris to be opened.</p>
Not sure which episode this refers to.
There might be a few more references to Stargate or other sci-fi shows in there; let me know if you find any 
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2.6.4. The dl element:
"The following example illustrates the use of the dl element to mark up metadata of sorts. At the end of the example, one group has two metadata labels ("Authors" and "Editors") and two values ("Robert Rothman" and "Daniel Jackson")."