what is dt?

• From: Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:43:55 -0400
• To: HTML WG Public List <public-html@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <fb6fbf560909151143j54881ba6jbfb72588c6fe1ad4@mail.gmail.com>

> So now, rather than "dt" being a definition term, it's become, well I
> don't know what it's become. Something.

Item Header, or possibly Item Label.

That is arguably a better name for even traditional uses (other than
glossaries).

Of course "dt" is a horrible way to spell that.  It may still be the
lesser of evils, compared to inventing yet more special case
small-scale headers, and leaving <dt> as effectively "the shorter half
of a list item, mostly".

-jJ

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