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Bug 8272 - why not make the heading information compulsory for the Section element ?? In a loose implementation like the current one, the Section element is acting just like a Div element but which lacks backward compatibility.
Summary: why not make the heading information compulsory for the Section element ?? In...
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-11-13 04:10 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:55 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2009-11-13 04:10:37 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#outlines

Comment:
why not make the heading information compulsory for the Section element ?? In a loose implementation like the current one, the Section element is acting just like a Div element but which lacks backward compatibility.

Posted from: 222.166.160.106
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-01-05 08:00:28 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: There are plenty of examples of sections that truly are sections, but that lack headings. For example, the ads at the bottom of http://cnn.com/, or the "get quote" form on msn.com.