I see your point Russ.
I need to use it for something like:
<dl>
<dt>Statistics - Europe</dt>
<dd>
<p>Number of women for 100 men(1995):</p>
<ul>
<li>Europe: 105 women for 100 men</li>
<li>World: 98,6 women for 100 men</li>
</ul>
<p>Percentage of girls and boys of less than 15 years old (1995):</p>
<ul>
<li>Eastern Europe: 22% of girls for 24% of boys</li>
<li>Western Europe: 19% of girls for 21% of boys</li>
</ul>
<p>Fertility Rate of 15-19 years old women (1990-95):</p>
<ul>
<li>Eastern Europe: 48 births for 1000 women</li>
<li>Western Europe: 22 births for 1000 women</li>
</ul>
</dd>
</dl>
(see the example at http://cb2web.com/tests/testboxmodel3.htm)
Of course, it is tabular data. The point is that I am trying to avoid tables
in a narrow side-column of a 3-column layout.
Opinion?
----- Original Message -----
From: "russ - maxdesign" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Web Standards Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: [WSG] Request: Is it semantically correct?
This new example is much cleaner code - less divs etc. However, it is hard
to tell if it is semantically correct without real content inside.
Some may disagree, but I would have to say at present it looks like it is
pushing the DL slightly more than it should as there does not seem to be a
direct relationship between the dt and the dd.
'Others believe that definition lists can be used to tie together any items
that have a direct relationship with each other (name/value sets).'
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/definition/
I think the paragraph is the thing that breaks the direct relationship for
me is it's between the heading and the list.
This example works as a DL:
<dt>Fruit<dt>
<dd>pear<dd>
<dd>apple<dd>
<dd>banana<dd>
This example does not seem to work as well, as the paragraph interrupts the
direct relationship.
<dt>Fruit</dt>
<dd>
<p>Here is some fruit</p>
<ul>
<li>pear</li>
<li>apple</li>
<li>banana</li>
</ul>
</dd>
Of course, it all comes down to personal opinion!
What do others reckon?
Russ
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