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Re: DL inside UL navigation

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From: Michael Moore
Date: Aug 9, 2005 11:09AM

Jukka,

Just wondered what you thought about using definition list structure for
FAQ's. - Question/Answer pairs.

Mike

>
> Yes. You are not presenting any definitions, so definition list markup
> is semantically incorrect. (Let's suppress the usual argument over the
> fact that the <dl> element's description in HTML specifications is
> self-contradictory and just state that partly due to that, the element
> has little practical usefulness and is best forgotten, except perhaps
> for glossaries and other constructs that are undeniably lists of
> term/definition pairs.)
>