Re: About H40 Definition list usage

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Sailesh Panchang <spanchang02@yahoo.com>wrote:

> H40: Using definition lists
> Comment:
> Right, it is meant to be used to define a term like in a glossary. But it
> can be used effectively to represent content of the type LABEL: DATA. ... I
> mean not form controls but just text like:
> <dt>Name</dt> <dd>xyz i.e name of person</dd>
> <dt>Phone #</dt> <dd>person's phone#</dd> and so on.
>
> Often there is such content displayed on the page either one below the
> other or horizontally and the label is styled / boldfaced so that it is
> visually distinct. So DL-DT-DD works fine in these instances if one chooses
> not to use a 2-col data table. The DL may be styled as needed.
> Sailesh Panchang
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Response from the Working Group
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The WG thanks you for your input. This potential new use of definition list
elements in this other context will be investigated for relation to a
possible new/other technique and/or other SC. This is tracked in our
ACTION-144 <http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/track/actions/144>. The use proposed
in your suggestion does not seem appropriate for the description of H40 and
for SC 3.1.3.


Loretta Guarino Reid, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Gregg Vanderheiden, WCAG WG Co-Chair
Michael Cooper, WCAG WG Staff Contact


On behalf of the WCAG Working Group