[thelist] marking up an address

Mon Aug 7 11:16:52 CDT 2006

On 07/08/06, Alastair Campbell <ac at alastc.com> wrote:

> In terms of pure HTML, there isn't much relevant, the <address> element
> is intended for the head of the doc, rather than the body.

Are you sure about this?

The W3C(http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#h-7.5.6) seem
to suggest that the <address> element is for contact information that
usually appears at the top or bottom of a page. In fact, the <address>
element isn't even allowed in the <head> section.

> You could use a definition list with the name in the <dt>, the address
> in a <dd>, and phone and fax in a <dd> each.

I don't think you can class an address as a "definition"...
aesthetically, that might make a pleasant looking address format, but
semantically it will be way off..

I would use the following simple HTML:

       <address>
          John Doe Ltd<br />
          123 Main Street<br />
          Town, State<br />
          Country<br />
          Phone: 800 555 1234<br />
          Fax: 800 555 4321
       </address>

If you don't like the default italic formatting, you could use CSS to
style it differently.

Hope that helps,

Phil