Hi Kevin, If you wish to write HTML5, the start attribute has been rescued from its deprecated state and may be used when needed. Here is the HTML5 working draft describing it: http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics.html#attr-ol-start
Validating HTML5: W3C: http://qa-dev.w3.org/wmvs/HEAD/#validate_by_upload+with_options Under "Document type" select "HTML5" (I'm not sure how good this one is yet.) Validator.nu (by Henri Sivonen): http://html5.validator.nu/ (This one has been in use for a while.) Hope that helps, Med vennlig hilsen / Kind regards, Frank M. Palinkas Technical Writer, Documentation and Localization Core Technologies and Consumer Engineering Opera Software ASA, Oslo, Norway Mobile: (+47) 95 17 61 11 http://dev.opera.com/articles/accessibility/ On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Erickson, Kevin (DOE) < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the responses so far! Does this mean that today's standard is > to not break a list apart ever??? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Chabot, Elliot > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:54 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [WSG] Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation > > The “start” attribute for lists was deprecated by § 10.2 of the HTML 4.01 > specification > - * > http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/lists.html#adef-start > *<http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/lists.html#adef-start> > . > > Elliot > > *From:* [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > ]* On Behalf Of* Erickson, Kevin (DOE) > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:17 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [WSG] Deprecated "start" for lists confirmation > > Hello, > > Is the "start" attribute truly deprecated for a list? Is there a better way > to do this? > > i.e. - > > <ol class="list_style_numeric"> > > <li>info</li> > > <li>info</li> > > </ol> > > > > <anything...> > > > > <ol class="list_style_numeric" start="3"> > > <li>info> > > </ol> > > > > Thank you, > > Kevin > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [email protected] > ******************************************************************* > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [email protected] *******************************************************************
