- From: Kevin Marks <kevinmarks@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 11:38:29 -0700
- To: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Cc: "whatwg@whatwg.org" <whatwg@whatwg.org>
On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 10:40 AM, David Singer <singer@apple.com> wrote: > I am guessing that he'd like a consistent way to style the terms in a ‘definition of terms’ section, the acronyms in a ‘list of acronyms’ section, and so on. > > <div> > <h>defined terms</h> > <p><thingbeingdefined>Fruit</thingbeingdefined>: delicious stuff that falls from trees</p> > … > </div> > <div> > <h>acronyms</h> > <p><thingbeingdefined>OTT</thingbeingdefined>: lit. Over the Top, figuratively meaning something excessive</p> > … > </div> > What is this random xml? We have long had elements for exactly this purpose: <section> <h2>defined terms</h2> <dl><dt>Fruit</dt><dd>delicious stuff that falls from trees</dd> … </dl> </section> <section> <h2>acronyms</h2> <dl><dt><abbr title="Over the Top">OTT</abbr></dt><dd> lit. Over the Top, figuratively meaning something excessive</dd> … </dl> </section> (there was <acronym> too, but <abbr> is now recommended instead.
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