[uf-discuss] title -> heading/label/caption/?

[Kevin Marks]

Have a look at http://microformats.org/wiki/existing-classes

'label' is used in hCard for unstructured addresses.

could you re-use 'entry-title' from hAtom?

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:01 AM, Thomas Loertsch <loertsch.thomas at guj.de> wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> in hRecipe we use "recipe-title" to avoid the problems with the "title" tag.
> but this is ugly and it doesn't scale - it's not reusable in other
> microformats. therefor i consulted a thesaurus and filtered out the
> following alternatives:
>
> heading
> caption
> label
>
>
> since i'm not a native speaker i would like to get some advice on the subtle
> differences in meaning. from what i understand
>
> heading   has a connotation of "layout", mixing style with structure,
> caption   is more of a byline to something than the top or beginning of it,
> label     is more attached to a thing, not so much an integral part of it.
>
>
> if all this is correct, then i would argue that "heading" would still be a
> good alternative to "recipe-title" and suitable for most occurrences of
> "titles", while "label" or "caption" could be viable alternatives to "title"
> in other cases. "heading" also has a semantic connection to "h1", "h2" etc,
> which may not be such a bad thing.
>
> any thoughts?
> thomas
>
> .
> Thomas Lörtsch
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