[thelist] Definition lists?

Mark Groen evolt at markgroen.com
Mon Oct 26 10:19:00 CDT 2009


Susan Payne wrote:
> When do you find these semantically appropriate?
>
> I inherited some legacy code where they are used for a FAQ and I'm not
> feeling too good about this.
>   
Used in an FAQ a definition list would be nicely semantical IMHO. From 
the W3C:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html#h-10.3

"Definition lists vary only slightly from other types of lists in that 
list items consist of two parts: a term and a description..."

cheers,

    Mark
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