- From: Lars Gunther <gunther@keryx.se>
- Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:52:29 +0200
- To: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
On 2009-08-07 22:46, Adrian Bateman wrote: > New section tags > ================ > > *<section cite="url"> > Generic document/application section - cite attribute if content from > another page. > --- > It's not clear why these new elements in particular are necessary. Extra functionality beyond div is how it affects the headers (h1-h6) and makes contents cut 'n paste-able. I wrote about it here: http://www.webteacher.ws/2009/07/10/html5-the-section-element/#comment-6124 As for the other new structural elements: They were said to be based upon data mining of ids and classes. The most often used ones were these. HOWEVER: Are there any data that people who used e.g. "aside" as a class before WHAT WG picked it up and turned it into an element, did so in a consistent manner? Might it not be the case that there was an awful lot of <div class="aside"> but a multitude of meanings? Ergo: The fact that there was a lot of usage of specific id or class names can not be taken as an indicator per se that there exists a "cowpath" to pave. Can anyone provide scientific data concerning this? > *<nav> > A section with navigation links (uses HTMLElement). I see a use case where this will make skip links redundant. However, we already have aria roles that do the same. The one advantage I see is that this element might see more use, being simpler to remember and type. A discussion about the new structural elements should probably once again look at the role attribute, which may be more "crufty", but is more flexible. -- Lars Gunther http://keryx.se/ http://twitter.com/itpastorn/ http://itpastorn.blogspot.com/
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