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Re: Can <span> & <div> be considered Semantic or non-semantic elements

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From: Chaals McCathie Nevile
Date: Jul 6, 2016 4:32AM

On Wed, 06 Jul 2016 08:25:54 +0200, Ravindra Kumar Jain
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> Hi folks,
> a lot has already been written about <span> & <div> elements. We all
> know that on one hand its correct use can solve accessibility problems
> & on the other hand it's wrong use can do just the reverse.
> Considering the above , Just like a<h1> , <table> & other recently
> introduced Html 5 elements , can or should <span> & <div> be
> considered as Semantic elements ?

They are not recently introduced, and they should not be considered to
have any particular semantics.

cheers

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