- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:18:43 -0800
- To: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
I would like to submit an alternate Change Proposal for ISSUE-83 dt-dd- semantics: <http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/ChangeProposals/DdDtFcaptionDlabel> Here is the Summary: --------------- The current HTML5 draft uses the dt and dd elements to markup the captions and content of the figure and details elements. This change proposal explains why the dt and dd elements are a poor choice for these purposes and proposes an alternative. Specifically, the proposal is to introduce a new fcaption element for marking up the caption within figure, and a dlabel element for use within details. The content portions of these elements (as opposed to the caption or label) would not have any special markup, they would be nested directly inside the figure or details element. Note: Besides "fcaption", I think an arguably equally good suggested name is "fcaption". For "dlabel", I think either "dsummary" or "summary" could be a good alternative. I'm willing to update this Change Proposal to go with those or other reasonably similar alternatives based on whatever is most popular, or just leave it to editor's discretion to choose among plausibly similar names. --------------- Regards, Maciej (Note: responsibility for any errors or foolishness is solely my own, but this Change Proposal includes significant text written by Lachlan Hunt. I have not had a chance to ask him if he would like to be named as a co-author.)
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