Re: use of figure/figcaption

Hi Steve,

> i would have thought that a primary use case
> for the figure/figcaption elements would be to mark up images.

The figure element currently allows any flow content [1] not just images.

[1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/dom.html#flow-content

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson