[Bug 14521] New: Why does <fieldset> have <legend> but <table> have <caption> ? I think they both ought to use either <legend> or <caption>. This would eliminate a tag and reduce complexity. Both <legend> and <caption> are basically the same thing anyways?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14521

           Summary: Why does <fieldset> have <legend> but <table> have
                    <caption> ? I think they both ought to use either
                    <legend> or <caption>. This would eliminate a tag and
                    reduce complexity. Both <legend> and <caption> are
                    basically the same thing anyways?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#top
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org,
                    public-html@w3.org


Specification: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#top
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#top

Comment:
Why does <fieldset> have <legend> but <table> have <caption> ?

I think they both ought to use either <legend> or <caption>.
This would eliminate a tag and reduce complexity.

Both <legend> and <caption> are basically the same thing anyways?

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Received on Thursday, 20 October 2011 10:01:23 UTC