> -----Original Message----- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Wilson > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 1:00 PM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] is html done? [was semantics] > > On 2/8/07, Geoff Pack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > > Div doesn't have any semantics, it's a structural element only. > > > And since when does structure not have meaning? > > I don't have to read any dictionary or the spec to agree with you > Geoff. Structure in and of itself IS semantic to an extent. Structure > allows us to understand such concepts as beginning and ending, > internal organization, and compartmentalization. >
I think you are taking that too far - imagine trying to create the look of a newspaper on the web, with blocks of text that break off at specific points to continue in the next column, where the blocks themselves are more or less randomly distributed. Does the end of one DIV in that case tell you anything whatsoever about the content? Often it isn't even the end of a word! The physical structure of a page will often be entirely different to the logical structure; in my opinion DIVs and SPANs should _only_ be used for presentational purposes, and conversely the remaining HTML should _only_ be used for content. Mike ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
