- From: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:05:10 -0500
- To: Jeremy Keith <jeremy@adactio.com>
- CC: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Smylers@stripey.com, public-html@w3.org
Jeremy Keith wrote: > Shelley wrote: >> Yes, I think that, among our other concerns, we can also include a >> concern about the mnemonics of dt/dd in Figure. > > I agree that it feels counterintuitive to use <dt>/<dd> inside > <figure> but, IMHO, it does make sense inside <details> simply because > the word "details" begins with a letter D — just as dt/dd made sense > inside <dialog> when that element existed. > > So if we're going to discuss either: > a) finding a better element to recycle for captioning <figure>s or > b) creating a new element for captioning <figure>s, > I think it would be good to keep <details> out of the discussion. > Last I heard, Figure was a completely separate element from Details. I agree with you, and also believe it is a grave error to continue treating them as if they are joined at the hip. And I'm assuming that your reference to the letter D is an attempt at humor? Pretty good. Shelley
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