- From: scott lewis <sfl@scotfl.ca>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:44:40 -0600
- To: aurélien levy <aurelien.levy@free.fr>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Discussing theoretical interpretations of the HTML4 spec is not productive. And that discussion is unlikely to be considered by the editors. Aurélien, you seem to feel that the ability to associate a <dt> with a <dd> that occurs before it in a <dl> is a necessary and missing feature in HTML5. The best way to correct that omission is to show it to be a compelling feature that solves a real problem. To that end, you should: - Identify a problem which the current draft does not solve - Identify as many possible solutions to that problem as possible If associating <dt> with prior <dd> elements is the best solution to that problem, the spec will change to reflect that. For more details, see [1] and [2]. Backwards compatibility is as important as providing compelling features. If you feel that not allowing prior association would break backwards compatibility, please: - Identify UAs which allow for prior association - Identify existing sites which rely on prior association If the feature exists and is in current use, then HTML5 will need to support it. (For implementers at least.) scott. [1]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0863.html [2]: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Jun/0962.html
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