- From: Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no>
- Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:50:52 +0200
- To: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>
- CC: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>, public-html@w3.org
Shelley Powers On 09-09-23 16.28: > Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Leif Halvard Silli <lhs@malform.no> wrote: > A generic captioning element, that could be used with Figure and > Details, and wherever else this type of functionality is needed seems to > me to be less confusing, less problematical from an authoring > standpoint, and won't cause the HTML5 specification to fall under its > own weight. > > Caption for table should have been defined generically but wasn't. So > let's not make the same mistake with this new need. Indeed. One could perhaps think of having a caption for e.g. a <dl> list as well? And that would in itself rule out <dt>. I think <about> could function as a generic caption. Another option: In a parallel thread, <h> was proposed. However, I agree that it would be easy to misinterpret it. But perhaps <h0> could be an option, to indicate it has zero effect in outlines. -- leif halvard silli
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