- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:08 -0800
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: "public-html@w3.org WG" <public-html@w3.org>
On Jan 13, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > 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". I meant to list "figcaption" as the alternate suggested name. > 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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