- From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:24:51 +0200
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:17:11 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Mar 2009, Rikkert Koppes wrote: >> >> At the dl element definition [1] >> >> a) "The order of the list of groups, and of the names and values within >> each >> group, may be significant." >> b) The |dl >> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-dl-element>| >> element >> is inappropriate for marking up dialogue, since dialogue is ordered >> (each >> speaker/line pair comes after the next). >> >> It occurs to me that the argument, put forward in b), does not hold, >> since a). >> Hence, the argument needs to be rephrased or otherwise adjusted. For >> example: >> >> "The |dl >> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-dl-element>| >> element is inappropriate for marking up dialogue, since dialog is a more >> appropriate semantic element. For an example of how to mark up >> dialogue, see >> the |dialog >> <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-dialog-element>| >> element." >> >> [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-dl-element > > I just removed the argument and just pointed to <dialog>. If there is no argument as to why <dl> is inappropriate for marking up dialogue, maybe we should drop <dialog> and say that <dl> is appropriate for marking up dialogue. -- Simon Pieters Opera Software
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