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Re: Description lists in PDF using LI, Lbl and LBody

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From: Philip Kiff
Date: Jul 7, 2021 6:47AM

My impression is that using the L/LI list tag structure in PDFs for
something that corresponds to a definition list in HTML is a permitted
and expected use. But I've personally not used it very often. Then
again, I don't use DL definition lists in HTML very often either.

There should be no issues with PAC 3 flagging such lists if they are
well-formed in other ways. Here is a link to a publicly available
document I worked on last year. The PDF version uses tags a glossary
starting on page 87 (Appendix B) using the L/LI list structure, with Lbl
tagging the word or phrase and LBody tagging its definition:
https://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/emcommunity/response_resources/plans/provincial_emergency_response_plan.html

The example of a data pair like "Median house price" sounds more likely
to fit a table structure - if it's data then a table is appropriate. You
don't need a visible table grid to mark a list as a two-column table.

Phil

On 2021-07-06 22:55, Jonathan Avila wrote:
> Hi all,
> Many years ago Duff Johnson had written an article on considering use of PDF list semantics for description lists (e.g. akin to the DL element in HTML).
> http://duff-johnson.com/articles/lists-contrasting-html-with-pdf/ I wanted to get people's thought on using the Lbl and LBody within a LI list item for data pairs as labels and values, etc. I've noted that when I run an example which users words in the Lbl PAC 3 seems to flag it as potentially a misuse of the structure. Thoughts? Is this a good or bad implementation?
>
> An example might be a word and definition or a data pair such as "Median house price" in the lbl and the cost in $ in the LBody.
> Jonathan
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