adr should be

My recent adr wiki change from <div
class="adr"></div> to <address  
class="adr"></address> was reverted.

Why? <address> is the most appropriate element for
addresses.

James

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> My recent adr wiki change from <div
class="adr"></div> to <address
> class="adr"></address> was
reverted.
>
> Why? <address> is the most appropriate element
for addresses.

Only if the address is directly related the web page it is
published
on. The address element is meant as a physical locator of
the document
maintainer, not for any old address:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.6

The ADDRESS element may be used by authors to supply
contact
information for a document or a major part of a document
such as a
form. This element often appears at the beginning or end of
a
document.


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Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the documentation
using only 
divs and spans, so people don't get confused and think that
the element 
types matter. Obviously people should use the most suitable
elements in 
the context they're using them. But I think this should be
made much 
clearer in the wiki.

Christian Heilmann wrote:
>> My recent adr wiki change from <div
class="adr"></div> to <address
>> class="adr"></address> was
reverted.
>>
>> Why? <address> is the most appropriate
element for addresses.
>
> Only if the address is directly related the web page it
is published
> on. The address element is meant as a physical locator
of the document
> maintainer, not for any old address:
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.5.6
>
> The ADDRESS element may be used by authors to supply
contact
> information for a document or a major part of a
document such as a
> form. This element often appears at the beginning or
end of a
> document.
>
>
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On 25 Feb 2007, at 23:19, Thom Shannon wrote:

> Brian Suda made a point at barcamp about the
documentation using  
> only divs and spans, so people don't get confused and
think that  
> the element types matter. Obviously people should use
the most  
> suitable elements in the context they're using them.
But I think  
> this should be made much clearer in the wiki.

Actually it was me who made that point, unless Brian did as
well,  
separately from the panel. Anyway…

Some time ago I suggested we put a disclaimer at the top of
each spec  
making it clear that SPAN/DIV are used for example purposes
and then  
have a new set of ‘rich examples’, complementing the
existing ones,  
showing more diverse mark-up in use with microformats.

Unfortunately I suck and haven't had the organisation to do
anything  
with it, Though it remains on my to-do list.

Ben
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