morten fjellman wrote:
Hi list, I'm marking up a chat board, and I'm wondering how I should tag the actual message? The message would typically be: NickName says: Ain't this cool?I was thinking a DL, like this: <dl> <dt>NickName says:</dt> <dd>Ain't this cool?</dd> </dl>
Using dl for marking up dialogue is generally frowned upon because dl is widely considered to be for marking up definitions. Tantek has provided a more semantic example of in a old presentation of his.
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