Of Joseph Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2008 12:05 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Re: [WSG] dl question
To clarify, when people use a definition list for something other than
actual definitions and terms, they usually use the dt's and dd's to
represent the relationship of the items within
A dl is a LIST of definition terms and their description.
dt is a definition term to be described (not title).
dd is description of the definition term.
See http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#h-10.3
On Mon, August 4, 2008 4:20 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I was under
To clarify, when people use a definition list for something other than
actual definitions and terms, they usually use the dt's and dd's to
represent the relationship of the items within the dl.
For example - markup for a list of properties for sale:
dl
dtPhoto of Property/dt
dtAddress
DL = definition LIST
Just like you have multiple bullet points in a UL or OL, you can have
multiple entries in a DL. It's a perfectly valid use.
Thanks,
Tatham Oddie
call:+61414275989, call:+61280113982, skype:tathamoddie,
msn:[EMAIL PROTECTED], tatham.oddie.com.au
-Original Message-
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Semantically, isn't the whole point of a dl to use definition data tags
(dd's) to describe a definition title (dt)!? Does it make sense to have
multiple definition titles in the same dl?! Or does it make more sense to
have a seperate dl
On 4/08/08 1:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I was under the impression a dl could only contain one dt and one
or many dd's.
But I have just come across a piece of code that uses multiple dt's
in the one dl
Upon further investigation, it seems this is
