[whatwg] List captions
Magnus Kristiansen
magnusrk+whatwg at pvv.org
Fri Apr 6 05:47:27 PDT 2007
On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:31:58 +0200, Andy Mabbett
<andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
>
> How often do we see something like:
>
> <p>Animals:</p>
> <ul>
> <li>Cat</li>
> <li>Dog</li>
> <li>Horse</li>
> <li>Cow</li>
> </ul>
>
> This would be more meaningful as:
>
> <ul caption="Animals">
> <li>Cat</li>
> <li>Dog</li>
> <li>Horse</li>
> <li>Cow</li>
> </ul>
>
> There could also be a summary attribute, as with tables.
>
> Any interest?
We should do our best to avoid repeats of alt, title, and friends. A list
header would go much better as a separate element, like <caption> is for
tables. The resurrection of <lh> was proposed a few days ago on this very
list, why not take a look at that thread?
--
Magnus Kristiansen
"Don't worry; the Universe IS out to get you."
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