New figure element

Issue: Justification for adding the "figure" element.

Details: figure can be used to associate a caption together with some embedded content, such as a graphic or video.

Rationale: Why this Element Should be Added

1. Improves structure.
2. The association of a caption with the element being captioned and the suppression of the caption when a text fallback is used is at least well-intentioned to support the needs of blind readers.
3. List Rationale
4. List Rationale
5. List Rationale
6. Applicable Design Principles (proposed)
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle

Rationale: Why this Element Should Not be Added

1. Whether the design actually meets needs is debatable.
2. List Rationale
3. List Rationale
4. List Rationale
5. List Rationale
6. Applicable Design Principles (proposed)
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle
   • Specific Principle

Advice From Authorities

• Need to Add - Author

Research

• Need to Add - Author

Examples

• Need to Add - Author

Use Cases

• Need to Add - Author

Policies, Guidelines, and Law

• Need to Add - Author

Related References

• Need to Add - Author

Related E-mail: Month Year

Thread

• Re: the market hasn't spoken - it hasn't bothered to listened (was Re: fear of "invisible metadata") - Henri Sivonen (27 Jun 2007)