- From: Thomas Broyer <t.broyer@ltgt.net>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:05:00 +0200
- To: Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Toby Inkster <tai@g5n.co.uk> wrote: > I like this idea. The <dl> element has been used (and some would say abused) > for quite a few different purposes. HTML5 creates a <dialog> element to > split off one of those purposes, but I'd argue that marking up dialogues is > not the only - probably not even the most important - use of <dl> that > should be split off. > > In particular, I think key-value lists are an important case. e.g. > > <dl> > <dt>Name:</dt> > <dd>Toby Inkster</dd> > <dt>Date of birth:</dt> > <dd>1980-06-01</dd> > </dl> Yeah, but there's also the floating idea that the content model of <dialog> could evolve later to allow "non-speech related information" (see http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=7508 ). This doesn't (a priori) concern key-value lists though, which could therefore use a typed-<dl> instead of minting a new element. -- Thomas Broyer /tɔ.ma.bʁwa.je/
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