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RE: Navigation lists and headers - best practise?

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Aug 24, 2006 2:10PM

> Recently I've started using headings for subnavigation. For
> example, you have clicked on about us:
>
> <h2>Explore about us</h2>
> <ul><li> ..... </li></ul>

I've been doing something similar with DLs. In terms of accessibility, I
don't know if this is any better/worse, but I tend to like the semantics
of it:

<dl>
<dt>About Us</dt>
<dd>
<ul>
<li>Our Team</li>
<li>Our History</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt>etc...

-Darrel