[uf-discuss] General Definition List Pattern

[ryan]

On Oct 9, 2007, at 5:22 AM, Ben Ward wrote:

> Idea that's been brewing in my mind for a little while of using the  
> semantics of a definition list better in microformats.
>
> Take the following example from an hCard:
>
> <dl class="tel">
>   <dt class="type">Home</dt>
>   <dd class="value">01223 123 456</dd>
>   <dt class="type">Fax</dt>
>   <dd class="value">01223 123 457</dd>
>   <dt class="type">Cell</dt>
>   <dd class="value">07734 703 618</dd>
> </dl>
>
> You would still declare explicit class names on the DT and DD  
> elements — no implicit classes should be applied based on it being  
> a DT/DD — but the rule works as follows:
>
> In a DL with class "foo" , each set of DT+DD is treated as a  
> separate parent "foo". So in the above example, the DL has class  
> "tel", but it is parsed as if you have three standalone "tel"  
> elements for each actual telephone number.
>
> We have something along these lines in our mark-up at the moment,  
> so I'd obviously quite like to see if it's feasible for parsers to  
> handle this.
>
> Thoughts?

The HTML5 draft covers this a bit: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web- 
apps/current-work/#the-dl

-ryan