- From: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:14:42 -0000
- To: "HTML WG" <public-html@w3.org>
Hi list Following IRC discussion http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20090115#l-272, I'd like to propose that the <small> element be allowed to surround block level elements, so I can write <small> <ul> <li>I'm no <abbr>PHP</abbr> coder, so it isn't pretty</li> <li>There's no copyright (the only copyright stuff in this design are the logo and background images which aren't in the download)</li> <li>I'll change it on Friday and again next week</li> <li>I may change it at any time after feedback</li> <li><small>It's packaged "as is", and you'll need to change it, although I've noted where it requires a certain plug-in</small></li> <li><small>It's for educational purposes only; I make no guarantees for it and will not support it</small></li> </ul> </small> rather than surround each individual textual item with a <small> element. Many legalese passages are multiple paragraphs. (In the wild example http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/redesigning-with-html-5-wai-aria/) This will make it easier to author, and thereby promote use of it to mark up "small print (part of a document often describing legal restrictions, such as copyrights or other disadvantages), or other side comments". I'd also like to propose an editorial change to the spec: "disadvantages" should be changed to "caveats", as copyright is not necessarily a "disadvantage" -- Bruce Lawson
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