Strictly following the tabularlist example would be rubbish in this context, but if we extend the idea into an <ol> list with a definition table inside each list element, it may not be so absurd idea.
I'm still troubled by using tables to implement a song chart as the semantic meaning behind each row's position (eg. Row 2 is there cos it's ranked LOWER than row 1) is lost. I'm just not so sure about the practicality of implementing the paragraph above 'cos of the possibility of varying column widths. Also, as for accessibility issues, would a blind man get tired of reading n-lines of Song Name: XXX, Singer: YYY etc? :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick H. Lauke Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WSG] semantic markup for song chart? John Ozturk wrote: > http://www.tbrown.org/ideas/tabularlist/ Sorry, but that is rubbish. Any correlation between the data and what it actually represents is completely lost. It's purely visual. And even if it were sort of ok, you'd have to use ordered lists, not unordered lists, as there *is* a set, predefined order in which each row's elements are displayed (based on the visual headings defined in the first row). I'd posit that the markup underlying this method is non-semantic and pretty meaningless (and incidentally, using a screenreader to access this sort of tabular list just becomes a confusing mess, and without stylesheets it makes no sense whatsoever either). -- Patrick H. Lauke _____________________________________________________ re.dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ****************************************************** 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 ******************************************************
