- From: Andrew Sidwell <w3c@andrewsidwell.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:51:39 +0100
- To: Justin James <j_james@mindspring.com>
- CC: 'Robert J Burns' <rob@robburns.com>, 'HTML Issue Tracking WG' <public-html@w3.org>
Justin James wrote: > Robert - > > I think I "get" it now. There are two items which are throwing me for a > loop; the word "legend", and the way I *thought* you were using the concept > of semantics. > > OK, here is my revised understanding: > > "Legend" tries to provide a mechanism so that the semantic value of a tag > can be derived from the CSS definitions applied to the tag (with the usual > hierarchies, inheritance, etc.). It is similar in *concept* to "aria-role", > but instead of defining a function role at the element level, it specifies a > semantic purpose at the CSS definition level. I hate to interrupt, but isn't this more productively taken to the CSS WG? Bringing up a change to CSS as an issue here when there is no actual action this WG can take on it seems counterproductive. A
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