Re: ISSUE-83 ACTION-152 Change Proposal for the use of dt/dd in figure and details

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:15 AM, James Graham <jgraham@opera.com> wrote:
>> Shelley Powers wrote:
>>>
>>> I finished the change proposal for this action item and this issue,
>>> located at:
>>>
>>> http://burningbird.net/html5/dtdd.htm
>>>
>>
>> This change proposal seems to contain two competing proposals:
>>
>> a) Remove <figure> and <details> from HTML5
>> b) Use something else in place of <dd> and <dt> in <figure> and <details>
>>
>> This is problematic because b) is a change I could live with whilst a) is
>> one that I could not live with. I could also live with:
>>
>> c) Maintain the status quo.
>>
>> For this reason it would be difficult to give a good answer to whether I
>> support, or even "can live with" the proposal. If it came down to it I would
>> have to say "no" since the proposal contains the possibility of a change
>> that I cannot live with.
>>
>> I don't think it makes sense to have a change proposal that talks about
>> changing the definition of dd/dt without taking a definite position on what
>> to do with elements that depend on the current definition. In general I
>> think an individual change proposal should represent one complete and
>> consistent change to the spec rather than requiring multiple sequential
>> change proposals to be applied to get the spec into a consistent state.
>>
>
>
> This proposal does provide one consistent recommendation: remove the
> use of dt/dd from figure and details, and replace with another, new
> element.
>
> I specified the other option, but also said removal of figure and
> details, if addressed at all should be addressed in separate
> proposals, unrelated to the issue of the misuse of dt/dd.
>
> There is no confusion.
>
> Shelley
>

Or I should have said, there might be confusion but this email should
address it.

Shelley

Received on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 13:39:16 UTC