[thelist] Usefulness of structural markup (was Remove break after H# tags)

[martin.p.burns at uk.pwcglobal.com]

Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Kevin

There can't be *too* many situations where accessibility isn't
a requirement - especially for sites which are content or functionality
based (yeah, online games may not have accessibility as a
requirement, neither might some sites which the content *relies*
on visual (or another sense) acuity, but you'd need to argue them
on a case-by-case basis).

Structural/semantic markup doesn't just help your accessibility
btw, it will also help your SE placement, and it will ensure that you're
*thinking* in terms of structure when you're putting your content together,
which will result in better comprehension of what you're producing.

Cheers
Martin



Subject:  Re: [thelist] Remove break after H# tags

Actually, my recomendation was not to use H tags at all but to create
CSS classes that accurately reproduce the appearce of Header tags.
This most certainly not very Accessibility-friendly as it breaks the
natural labeling provided by the Header tag.  Most accessibility
aides and rely upon such clues in the code for accurate presentation.
 Also, any script that processes the page might benefit from such
labeling.  It really all really turns on whether the Acessibility is
a requirement for the site.


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