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Re: Forms as lists

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From: Jason Kiss
Date: Sep 3, 2010 12:49AM

Indeed, the topic of HTML semantics is always good for getting debate
going :)

And even though I think I disagree on the list of questions issue, I do
really like your example of numbered headings and paragraphs in legal
and similarly structured documents, and have argued the same point in
the past: Definitely *not* a case for list markup.

Jason Kiss
accessibleculture.org


On 03/09/10 00:37, Simius Puer wrote:
> I'd have to agree with Steve.
>
> Using mark-up structurally is always one of those areas where debate could
> exist as to what each element *could* be, but I'd tend to agree that a list
> of questions still does not in most instances justify the use of the list
> element - ordered or not.
>
> This is a similiar scenario to legal documents where paragraphs/headings are
> numbered. Some people argue that as the paragraphs/headings are numbered
> then they must be an ordered list which simply is not the case. Doing so
> leads to an huge amount of additional code and a reduction in accessibility.
>
> There are other (some might argue - more marginal) reasons that I concur
> with your approach. It all comes down to minimal mark-up which has the
> benefit of being:
>
> - less cluttered for screen readers
> - easier to manage
> - better for SEO (mark-up vs content balance)
> - improved loading and rendering times
>
> ...whilst they might all sound like tiny things in themselves their value is
> greater than the simple sum of their parts.
>
>
>