8272 2009-11-13 04:10:37 +0000 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. 2010-10-04 14:55:22 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other CLOSED WONTFIX http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#outlines P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking shum_bin public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 29536 0 contributor 2009-11-13 04:10:37 +0000 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 30469 1 ian 2010-01-05 08:00:28 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html 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.