Option 3 for me, on the grounds that yes, it's a list, but that the order of the list items is important (as it effectively denotes a step-by-step path from the site's home page to the current page, and these steps need to be taken in that particular order). It's this hierarchy inherent in the ordering which, to me, is missing in both UL and the various DDs of a DL.
Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: Gavin Cooney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 October 2004 09:43 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [WSG] Semantics of Breadcrumb "you are here" links > > > Hi all, > > Apologies if this has been asked on WSG before, but I was wondering > the general opinion on the most correct semantic way of coding > breadcrumb trails. > > There's many webpages dealing with this: > > http://www.simplebits.com/notebook/2004/02/23/sqxii_conclusion.html > http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=ut > f-8&q=semantic+breadcrumb > > I've seen arguements for: > > 1. <ul> list > 2. Nested <ul> list > Several lists nested (seems like a bit of a pain to me) > <ul> > <li><a href="/">Home</a> > <ul> > <li><a href="/articles/">Articles</a> > <ul> > <li><a href="/articles/file.html">Title</a></li> > </ul> > </li> > </ul> > </li> > </ul> > 3. <ol> ordered list > I suppose if it's a list at all, it's an ordered list? > 4. <dl> definition list > such as used in this page http://www.baekdal.com/example.asp > (actually this is a good example of using <dl>s for everything) > > At the moment i've been just putting them in a <p class="breadcrumb"> > or <div class="breadcrumb"> and putting a "/" or ">" etc between each > link. This is not perfect, i know. > > So what do you think? How do you do your breadcrumbs? > > Gav > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
