Re: what is dt?

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.
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> 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
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> "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."
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>> But we dropped dialog in favor of paragraph elements, and using  
>> bold <b> for the person ....(!?)
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> 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?

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