Without getting into the debate on the "correct" semantics of the <dl>, I have one general problem with using it (and tables) for this case: sequential numbering.
Placing his list in a <dl> or <table> and manually numbering them works, but what about when a new item needs to be added to the list somewhere in the middle? He would then need to manually renumber the rest of the list. Not a big deal for a half-dozen items, but certainly a pain for 100. I'm not sure what the rational for dropping the "start= " from <ol> was, and at first glance it seems an odd thing to do. Like others have mention, I can see cases where it would be useful - a results list with 1,000 entry, for example, displaying 50 at a time. Be that as it may, how can we help with this problem? My initial thought, with out getting into crazy things like renumber the list via javascipt, is can you number in more of an outline format? For example: Page 1: 1. blah 2. blah 3. blah Page 2: 1. blah 2. blah 3. blah This gives an association of 1.1, 1.2, 1.3; 2.1, 2.2, 2.3. Seems semantic and works around the ordered list 'limitation.' Will this work for you? Does this work in general? Am I missing something? Tim ===== ~ Tim www.tjameswhite.com Get Firefox! http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=12227&t=1 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.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 ******************************************************
