it is difficult to say without actually seeing the content in context, but
it looks fine
but here is another possibility:
note when a <header> or <footer> element is inside a sectioning element it
is scoped to that section. Also as far as the role is concerned <header>
and <footer> are only assigned landmark roles when they are direct
descendants of the <body> elements otherwise they have a group role.
On 17 May 2013 14:20, Rabab Gomaa < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I am thinking of div instead of figure to group table with footnotes. What
> do you think?
> <div role="group">
> <table>
> <!--TABLE HERE-->
> </table>
> <div role="note">
> <section>
> <h2 class="wb-invisible">Footnotes</h2>
> <dl>
> <!--FOOTNOTES HERE-->
> </dl>
> </section>
> </div>
> </div>
> >>> Steve Faulkner < <EMAIL REMOVED> > 2013-05-17 8:49 AM >>>
> Hi Bevi,
> I am one of the editors of the HTML spec [1]
>
> Anybody can file a bug [2] against the HTML spec or send an email to the
> public html comments list [3] if they have constructive input.
>
> Unclear what your issue is with figure/figcaption, the semantics of the
> figure element is that its a grouping element. figcaption allows a
> programmatically associated caption to be added. images are the obvious use
> case but others are also covered. If you don't like the idea of using for
> content other than images then don't.
>
>
> [1] HTML 5.1 <http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/>;
> [2]
>
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/enter_bug.cgi?product=HTML%20WG&component=HTML5%20spec&priority=P3
> [3] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-comments/
> --
>
> Regards
>
> SteveF
>
>
>
> On 16 May 2013 17:30, Chagnon | PubCom < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
> > Rabab wrote: "...- HTML 5 example specifies <figure> to code table
> > footnotes. However, we prefer not to use <figure> for data tables. ...
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/common-idioms.html#footnotes." ( '
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/common-idioms.html#footnotes."' )
> >
> > Can't answer your question Rabab, but it brings up another related issue:
> > the use of one term <FIGURE> in 2 different ways.
> >
> > In PDFs, all graphical images are tagged with <FIGURE>.
> >
> > But in HTML 5, it's used for any content, not just graphics, that are
> > related to the main story content.
> > http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-figure-element"some
> > flow content, optionally with a caption, that is self-contained and is
> > typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the
> document."
> >
> > The specific reference above for tables reads: "A figure element is used
> to
> > give a single legend to the combination of the table and its footnotes."
> >
> > Never in my editorial mind would I ever call a table a figure, nor the
> > extracted poem in an HTML5 example on the W3C's website. Jeeze Louise,
> are
> > there any professional editors at the W3C who can step in and say "that's
> > not the best word for that item"?
> >
> > It would be so helpful to all communities, web developers and document
> > specialists, if the power players with the W3C could coordinate their use
> > of
> > the same tag.
> >
> > -Bevi Chagnon
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