Lucien Stals wrote: > A DIV (and a SPAN for that matter) are purely structural, not semantic. > The only difference between a div and a span is that one is a block level > element, and the other is an inline element. Apart from that, they have > the same semantic meaning, which is none at all.
And then he quotes the the HTML 4.01 Specification: "The DIV and SPAN elements, in conjunction with the id and class attributes, offer a generic mechanism for adding structure to documents." http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-DIV Well, the HTML 3.2 Reference Specification defined the DIV as: "DIV elements can be used to structure HTML documents as a hierarchy of divisions." http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#div And now the HTML 5 Working Draft says: "The div element represents nothing at all." http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#div How the mighty have fallen... Now we are to get a new Section element: "The section element represents a generic document or application section." http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-section And around we all go... ============================================================================== The information contained in this email and any attachment is confidential and may contain legally privileged or copyright material. It is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are not permitted to disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. The ABC does not represent or warrant that this transmission is secure or virus free. Before opening any attachment you should check for viruses. The ABC's liability is limited to resupplying any email and attachments ============================================================================== ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
