- From: Ben Boyle <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:51:52 +1000
- To: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On 9/16/07, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com> wrote: > 1) I propose using <label> for the element that holds the caption of That does sound better than <legend> which really does not mean quite the same thing as caption/label (or the intended purpose of the element). I don't really care about the implementation issue :) > 4) Another alternative would be using a new unknown element. Whipping > out my thesaurus, I see <rubric>, <inscription>. Another possibility > is something like <figcaption> (to avoid the problems <caption> would > cause for figures inside tables), but that wouldn't be a good fit for > <details>. Check out dublin core: <description> [1] and <title> [2] (already an element) jump to mind as good candidates for generic elements of this nature. I would support <description> iff it was generic and could be used throughout the document to associate any description with its container element (e.g. figure, fieldset, table, video, etc.) [1] http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/#description [2] http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/#title
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