[whatwg] "content" element, which we need in our documents

[Aurelio De Rosa]

"sometimes looks messy"

If this is the problem, or at least one of problems, how can a wrapper of
all this mess, that is a tag, could solve the problem ?

It will just add another node in DOM tree in this case without a real
benefit.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Ian Yang <ian.html at gmail.com> wrote:

> By analyzing the example in HTML5 spec, wrapping all content elements can
> make the structure of the document become more organized. After all,
> content elements all being at the same level of <header> and <footer> is
> unreasonable, and sometimes looks messy, especially when there are many
> different kinds of content elements (p, figure, pre, a, table, ...... etc).
>
> 2012/6/29 Aurelio De Rosa <aurelioderosa at gmail.com>
>
> > I agree with Ian about the use of <article> and <section>, the
> > specifications are really clear on those elements. The are used to wrap
> an
> > entire entry, not the "content" (in the meaning Ian stated).
> >
> > The read question for me is: What is the problem of having the content at
> > the same level of <header> and <footer> (for example inside an
> <article>)?
> >
> > Can't we treat everything inside an article which is not in <header> or
> > <footer> is the real "content"?
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Ian Yang <ian.html at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> As described in whatwg specs, a <section>, in this context, is a
> thematic
> >> grouping of content, typically with a heading.
> >>
> >> As for a <article>, which usually contains its own <header> and
> <footer>,
> >> is used to form an independent content like blog entry, comment, or
> >> application.
> >>
> >> Both section and article elements are not the candidate for containing a
> >> website or a blog entry's main content. That obviously is the reason
> that
> >> the example of the nav in HTML5 spec doesn't use them.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Ian Yang
> >>
> >> 2012/6/29 Cameron Jones <cmhjones at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> > If the content is a special section within the document you should use
> >> > the <section> element which has semantic meaning over <div>.
> >> > Alternatively you could use <article> if it's distinct and
> >> > self-contained. These two elements serve to disambiguate the abstract
> >> > idea of content into something with semantic meaning which can be
> >> > instrumented by document consumers.
> >> >
> >> > cam
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Ashley Sheridan
> >> > <ash at ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Ian Yang <ian.html at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >>Hi editors in chief and everyone else,
> >> > >>
> >> > >>How have you been recently?
> >> > >>
> >> > >>As many of you may have been aware that there is an important
> >> > >>sectioning
> >> > >>element we have been short of for a long time: the "content"
> element.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>Remember how we sectioned our documents in those old days? It's the
> >> > >>meaningless <div>s. We used them and added id="header",
> id="content",
> >> > >>id="sidebar", and id="footer" to them.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>After HTML5 came out, we started to have new and semantic elements
> >> like
> >> > >>"header", "aside", and "footer" to improve our documents.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>However, today, we are still using the meaningless <div> for our
> >> > >>content.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>The main content forms an important region. And we often wrap it
> with
> >> > >>an
> >> > >>element. By doing so, we distinguish the region from the header and
> >> the
> >> > >>footer, and also prevent all of its child elements (block level or
> >> > >>inline
> >> > >>level) being incorrectly at the same level as the header and the
> >> > >>footer.
> >> > >>
> >> > >>In the first example of the intro section of the nav element in
> HTML5
> >> > >>Spec
> >> > >>( http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/single-page.html#the-nav-element )
> >> (the
> >> > >>page
> >> > >>takes a while to be fully loaded), the bottom note states: "Notice
> the
> >> > >>div
> >> > >>elements being used to wrap all the contents of the page other than
> >> the
> >> > >>header and footer, and all the contents of the blog entry other than
> >> > >>its
> >> > >>header and footer."
> >> > >>
> >> > >>This example mentioned above is a typical situation that we need an
> >> > >>element
> >> > >>for the main content. So instead of keep wrapping our contents with
> >> the
> >> > >>meaningless <div>, why not let the "content" element join HTML5?
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>Sincerely,
> >> > >>Ian Yang
> >> > >>Meaningful and semantic HTML lover  |  Front-end developer
> >> > >
> >> > > I am pretty sure this was discussed a few months back and the answer
> >> was
> >> > that everything is content, so no need for a content element. The
> >> <header>
> >> > and <footer> just mark up areas of that content with special meaning,
> >> but
> >> > its still all the main content.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks,
> >> > > Ash
> >> > > http://ashleysheridan.co.uk
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Aurelio De Rosa
> > email: aurelioderosa at gmail.com
> > email:  a.derosa at audero.it
> > website: www.audero.it
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> >
> >
>



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