Robert Cummings wrote: > Michael A. Peters wrote: >> Nathan Rixham wrote: >>> Michael A. Peters wrote: >>>> Robert Cummings wrote: >>>> >>>>> Many government documents have the concept of "aside" as appearing >>>>> through the document and contextually near to the information to which >>>>> the aside relates. The entire sidebar seems a bit gratuitous as an >>>>> "aside". Sure it's aside, but it's not exactly the semantic meaning of >>>>> aside. >>>>> >>>>> From the W3C Working Draft: >>>>> >>>>> "The aside element represents a section of a page that consists >>>>> of content that is tangentially related to the content around >>>>> the aside element, and which could be considered separate from >>>>> that content. Such sections are often represented as sidebars >>>>> in printed typography. >>>>> >>>>> The element can also be used for typographical effects like pull >>>>> quotes." >>>>> >>>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/semantics.html#the-aside-element >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Rob. >>>> I'm basically following this model - >>>> >>>> http://www.alistapart.com/articles/previewofhtml5 >>>> >>>> It took very little work since I was essentially doing that already. >>>> aside is the most logical html 5 layout tag for describing the sidebar >>>> in a two column layout. >>>> >>>> I suppose one could put multiple aside elements in a classic <div >>>> {id,class}="sidebar"> but I don't really see the benefit. >>>> >>>> Since the aside used as a sidebar is neither a child of the article or >>>> section, it is an aside to the main content div. >>> no offence but I have to agree with Rob here, it seems like confusion >>> between "a side" and "aside" is entering. >> >> http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/aside >> >> 1 : to or toward the side > > The description put forth by the W3C most closely matches number 2 for > the noun "aside". > > 2 : a straying from the theme > > Cheers, > Rob. yup - aside the noun "The most common misconception of how this element should be used is for the standard sidebar." - see: http://html5doctor.com/understanding-aside/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
