- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:32:09 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010, Maciej Stachowiak wrote: > > In terms of formal process, here's what I expect is going to happen: > > 1) Most likely, no one will write a "zero edits" Counter-Proposal by the > deadline. > 2) At that point, we'll essentially be decided to get rid of <dt>/<dd> for > <figure> and <details>, but with multiple options for what replaces them. > 3) My hope is that in follow-up discussion we can pare down the options. My > hope is that we'll find a single option which is most preferred by the Working > Group, and agree that we can get behind it without having a formal bakeoff. > 4) If we do get down to a single preferred option, I think there are > reasonable odds that the editor will just adopt it, leading to an amicable > resolution, and sparing us the work of a formal Working Group decision. Indeed, I don't think there's particularly any need to go through the long drawn-out process in this instance, since this is primarily a judgement call and since what I consider to be the better call clearly doesn't have the support of the group. :-) > A) Use <fltcap> as the caption for both <details> and <figure>. No special > body elements. [Submitted by Shelley Powers] > B) Use a caption="" attribute on any element as the caption for <figure>, with > no special body element. No change for <details>. [Submitted by Tab Atkins] > C) Use <fcaption> as the caption for <figure> and <dlabel> as the caption for > <details>. No special body elements. [Submitted by Maciej Stachowiak] > D) Use <fcaption> as the caption for <figure> and <dlabel> as the caption for > <details>. Use optional <fbody> and <dbody> respectively for their bodies. > [Submitted by Tab Atkins] Personally I have a strong preference to option C of these, though no strong opinion on what the names should be. If I were forced to chose (e.g. if the chairs said the exact names were a matter of editorial discretion) then at the moment I would likely pick <figcaption> for <figure> (with deference to <optgroup>) and either <dsummary> or <summary> for <details>. However, I haven't studied the names carefully (since my editorial judgement was that we should use <legend> or <dt>/<dd>), and were I to chose I would have to do so carefully before picking one or the other, as with any change to the spec. HTH, -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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