On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 04:31:20PM +1000, Scott Barnes wrote: > without getting into a pi$$ing contest but..
Don't like 'em much either. :) > > I'm not sure 'neglected' is the right word here. XHTML includes a > > tables module, this is true. It also specifies that the tables module > > provides elements for marking up tabular data (see eg. > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-xhtml2-20040722/mod-tables.html). So no, > > you are definitely not breaking the rules by including a table in your > > document. By using that table for the layout of non-tabular data you > > most certainly are not complying with (at least) the spirit of the XHTML > > specification. > > Well yes and no, lets take a step back and accept that if were were > going to use the DIV approach vs TABLE in regards to CSS Properties > your code would go from this: > > <table> > <tr> > <td>data1</td> > </tr> > </table> If data1 is part of a table this is terrific, as the markup clearly indicates this and anything that can display tables can display your content in some meaningful ways. If it's not a table then you're giving us incorrect 'hints' about how to best view the data you're presenting. > to > <div id="semanticallycorrect_wrapper_identification" class="tbl"> > <div class="row"> > <div class="cell"> > </div> > </div> You're right, this isn't much better in general. If the data is not a table, then without style information at least this doesn't give semantics that don't reflect the nature of the content. > -OR- > <employees> > <employee> > <name>data1</name> > </employee> > </employees> or, somewhat equivalently <div class="employees"> <div class="employee"> <div class="name">name1</div> </div> </div> > The spirit of XHTML for me was to basically bring chaos to order in > terms of marking up HTML to something that is "semantically" correct > in its approach. Making machines understand a language instead of > taking queus from visual meanings (ie <b> vs <strong> debates etc). Yes, I'm totally in agreement with this. > > It's not Ford vs. Holden, it's Ford vs. Boeing. Which one provides the > > vehicle appropriate for the task at hand? > > I fail to see that analogy ;) hehe. Yeahwell, I'm sick of apples and I had no oranges to hand. :P -T --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aussie Macromedia Developers: http://lists.daemon.com.au/
