Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-21 Thread Xaxio Brandish
Steve, One *could* use div elements in place of the figure elements; but then again, one could use div elements in place of many elements in order to remove their semantical meaning and send us back into the dark ages ;) I believe that figure is possibly the best element for the job, in

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-21 Thread Steve Faulkner
Hi Xaxio, (and martin) i get why figure on its own is OK. I think that it's OK to use the figure/figcaption pattern on any image (for example) that the author wants to provide a caption for. The use case being: I want to provide some text as a caption for some other content. It is unclear to

[whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Steve Faulkner
What are the use cases for a figure without a figcaption ? -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Xaxio Brandish
An illustration of a font name, in its respective font? --Xaxio On Jun 20, 2013 11:24 AM, Steve Faulkner faulkner.st...@gmail.com wrote: What are the use cases for a figure without a figcaption ? -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Steve Faulkner
An illustration of a font name, in its respective font? why is figure better in this case than p (for example) ? -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/ On 20 June 2013 19:27, Xaxio Brandish xaxiobrand...@gmail.com wrote: An illustration of a font name, in

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Xaxio Brandish
The figures could be in a document talking about fonts, yet easily moved to the side of the page and still maintain relevance if referenced within the document. I think something important about figures is placement irrelevance as long as they can be referenced, whereas paragraphs don't have the

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Steve Faulkner
OK so how do you reference figure arial /figure for example? -- Regards SteveF HTML 5.1 http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/ On 20 June 2013 20:16, Xaxio Brandish xaxiobrand...@gmail.com wrote: The figures could be in a document talking about fonts, yet easily moved to the side

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Xaxio Brandish
pFonts come in many different varieties. The Arial font, for example, does not have serifs./p figurearial/figure pHowever, font varieties go beyond simple serif and sans-serif distinctions. The Old English font is neither of these, instead being considered a decorative font./pfigureOld

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Smylers
Steve Faulkner writes: What are the use cases for a figure without a figcaption ? If a work has only one figure (or graph, map, code listing, whatever) in it, then the surrounding text could say something like see the graph and it'd be obvious what it's referring to, without the need for any

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Steve Faulkner
Hi Xaxio, pFonts come in many different varieties. The Arial font, for example, does not have serifs./p divarial/div pHowever, font varieties go beyond simple serif and sans-serif distinctions. The Old English font is neither of these, instead being considered a decorative font./pdivOld

Re: [whatwg] use cases for figure without figcaption?

2013-06-20 Thread Martin Janecke
Hi Steve, The fact that they are enclosed in the figure elements means that they are referenced somewhere, I believe. so if not referenced somewhere, they should not be in a figure? Probably they should not, as figures are typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the