- From: Michel Fortin <michel.fortin@michelf.com>
- Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:56:11 -0400
Le 2007-04-06 ? 10:27, Andy Mabbett a ?crit :
> <ul>
> <caption>Animals</caption> (or lh, or whatever)
> <li>Cat</li>
> <li>Dog</li>
> <li>Horse</li>
> <li>Cow</li>
> </ul>
Personally, I can hardly see why such a markup is needed.
If your list is part of the main content you should be preceding it
by a header the same way you would for a paragraph. If the list is
for navigation, why not simply wrap it in a <nav> element alongside
with a header? If the list is somewhat separate of the main content,
it probably belongs, with the header, in an <aside> element. If the
list is for some illustrative purpose, a case were like a table it
needs a caption, why not improve the <figure> element to allow lists
to be put inside it?
More visually, which case do you have that would not be covered by
any of these markups?
<h1>Animals<h1>
<ul>
<li>Cat</li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Cow</li>
</ul>
<section>
<h1>Animals<h1>
<ul>
<li>Cat</li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Cow</li>
</ul>
</section>
<nav>
<h1>Animals<h1>
<ul>
<li>Cat</li> <!-- assuming you have some links here -->
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Cow</li>
</ul>
</nav>
<aside>
<h1>Animals<h1>
<ul>
<li>Cat</li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Cow</li>
</ul>
</aside>
<figure>
<legend>Animals</legend>
<ul>
<li>Cat</li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Horse</li>
<li>Cow</li>
</ul>
</figure>
I believe the markup should depend on what your list stands for. A
list is not much unlike a paragraph: it's an enumeration formatted in
a special way. So why can't we reuse the already existing structures?
Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://www.michelf.com/
Received on Friday, 6 April 2007 07:56:11 UTC