Re: use of figure/figcaption from Laura Carlson on 2010-06-08 (public-html@w3.org from June 2010)

From: Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 04:13:59 -0500
To: Steven Faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
Cc: HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
Message-ID: <AANLkTikJ55MMIbvhljXUtjaKuddgDcLexidOj-hIDTCJ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Steve,

> i would have thought that a primary use case
> for the figure/figcaption elements would be to mark up images.

The figure element currently allows any flow content [1] not just images.

[1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/dom.html#flow-content

Best Regards,
Laura

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Laura L. Carlson

Received on Tuesday, 8 June 2010 09:44:46 UTC