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Re: Is Definition List the best solution here?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jun 17, 2017 7:14AM

I would just go simple and either use a table or an unordered list
(with item and definition in each <li>).
There is no harm in using a <dl> either, but there is very little
benefit, other then semantically.
The assistive technology support for the definition list (I think it
is actually called description list now)it is pretty much exposed to
the user as unordered lists.

Just make sure each book entry starts with a heading (for navigation)
and then use unordered lists for the book info.




On 6/16/17, Angela French < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Our actual data isn't books - that was just an example I provided. Would
> you say then that each book should be a separate <dl>? Otherwise the
> definitions are changing within the same <dl>
>
> Angela French
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