[thelist] Categories-Items markup style

Maximillian Schwanekamp lists at neptunewebworks.com
Tue Oct 12 15:08:02 CDT 2004


Hey All,

I have a page generating a list of subject categories and for each 
category a list of items in that category.  Would anyone care to comment 
on which of these two versions of markup for this would be preferable 
from a semantic point of view?
<!-- First choice -->
<h1>Categories List</h1>
<div class="category">
    <h2>Category Name</h2>
        <ul class="item-list">
          <li>Item1</li>
          <li>Item2</li><!-- etc... -->
       </ul>
</div> <!-- repeat, one div for each category -->

<!-- Second choice -->
<h1>Categories List</h1>
<ul class="categories-list">
    <li>Category Name
        <ul class="item-list">
          <li>Item1</li>
          <li>Item2</li><!-- etc... -->
       </ul>
    </li> <!-- repeat for each category -->
</ul>

Any comments would be most appreciated.  TIA!
-- 
Maximillian Von Schwanekamp
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