> On Behalf Of Steve Green > > Definition lists are the new tables. People are just falling over themselves trying to abuse them in all kinds of inappropriate ways. To paraphrase the previous message, a definition list is for lists of definitions
I don't agree with this definition. For example, the specs [0] say they can be used to mark up dialogs. Also, Joe Clark said [1]: <quote>I think its just fine and dandy to use definition lists to mark up appositional pairs. Such usage is not prohibited by the spec, which implies such usage is permitted.</quote> I believe "appositional pairs" makes a lot of sense [2]. I agree that DLs are "abused" and that there are better suited elements to mark up forms, but I also think many people get the wrong idea when it comes to what Definition Lists are supposed to be used for. [0] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/lists.html#h-10.3 [1] http://blog.fawny.org/2004/05/16/ubu/ [2] http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=apposition&r=67 --- Regards, Thierry | www.TJKDesign.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
