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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Nov 10, 2004 4:33PM

jkorpela wrote:
> Yes, I could mis-represent data as a definition list when it in fact
> isn't, and I could get myself into a trouble with the styling of the
> oddity, but I won't; see
> http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/def.html#impl

It's been my long held belief that DL is one of the most perverted
elements in the HTML definition, and a typical example of wooly, fluffy
semantics (or lack thereof) which make most discussions about the "best"
way to mark something up correctly almost ludicrously irrelevant. And
yes, styling can be a right pain, as - in my mind - DL lacks a new type
of child element which can group related DTs and DDs together in a block
(which could then be consistently styled)

Patrick H. Lauke
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