- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:30:06 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Bruce Lawson wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:32:09 -0000, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > > If I were forced to chose (e.g. if the chairs said the exact names > > were a matter of editorial discretion) then at the moment I would > > likely pick <figcaption> for <figure> (with deference to <optgroup>) > > and either <dsummary> or <summary> for <details>. > > Out of interest (I don't have an agenda) wouldn't you mint the same > element for both purposes (as you did with legend and dd/dt?) If a suitable element name were found, possibly, though nobody has suggested anything suitable for both. (If we're not reusing an existing element like <legend>, though, there's really not much to be gained with having the same element for both <details> and <legend>, because it still wouldn't match other similar cases in the language.) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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