[Bug 7656] New: Describe differences between easily confused new elements to assist authors

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7656

           Summary: Describe differences between easily confused new
                    elements to assist authors
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec bugs
        AssignedTo: dave.null@w3.org
        ReportedBy: w3.org@boblet.net
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: ian@hixie.ch, mike@w3.org, public-html@w3.org


As requested in IRC:
boblet: Hixie: new descriptions are clear for ppl who understand the
distinction, but could each use a sentence describing the difference (similar
to the one in <section> about diffs with <div>)

It looks like this is already done, but just in case. It might be good to have
something like the following in the spec/wiki/Lachy’s guide:

# New sectioning elements in a nutshell:
* <section>—a generic chunk of related content
* <article>—an independent, self-contained chunk of related content, that
still makes sense on it’s own (eg in an RSS feed)
* <aside>—a chunk of content that is tangentially related to the content that
surrounds it, but isn’t essential to understanding that content
* <nav>—navigation for the site or page
* (cf. <div>—a generic chunk of content with no additional semantics, eg for
CSS styling hooks)

(from top of http://boblet.tumblr.com/post/141239118/html5-structure4 )


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Received on Wednesday, 16 September 2009 17:21:18 UTC