- From: Stephen Stewart <carisenda@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:24:43 +0100
- To: Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com>
- Cc: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>, Smylers@stripey.com, public-html@w3.org
On 15 Sep 2009, at 21:42, Jeremy Keith wrote: > Shelley asked: >> For the past ten years or so, dl, dt, and dd have been defined >> within the context of a definition list. People may have used them >> for other things, but no where has there been even a hint that such >> use was "acceptable" or appropriate. > > The HTML 4 spec gives more than a hint, advising authors > (incorrectly) to use dl, dt and dd for dialogues. > http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#edef-DL > > "Another application of DL, for example, is for marking up > dialogues, with each DT naming a speaker, and each DD containing his > or her words." > >> But we dropped dialog in favor of paragraph elements, and using >> bold <b> for the person ....(!?) > > I concur completely with both your exclamation point and your > question mark. It's nutty advice that will be ignored by authors. How is it "nutty" and why will it be ignored by authors? > [...] > > -- > Jeremy Keith > > a d a c t i o > > http://adactio.com/ > > > -- Stephen Stewart
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