Posted by Frank Olieu on 07/03/06 01:32

Jim Higson <jh@333.org> wrote in news:vfWdnU_RCc9hBDrZRVny1A@eclipse.net.uk:

> This is why XHTML2 doesn't have h1, h2 ... h9 tags - it just has one header
> tag, and the level of the header is defined by how many section tags it has
> as ancestors.
(snip)
> So, under XHTML2 it will be impossible to improperly nest your headings,
> which I think is rather neat.

Yes, neat indeed.
BTW, as you probably know, WHATWG has a similar, but slightly different
approach:
They also have a <section> element in their proposal, while they stick to
h1...h6 for headings (for backward compatibility). These headings may be used
arbitrarily, but they recommend using /only/ <h1>, in nested sections, in the
same way you would with <h> in XHTML2 (i.e. a third-level <h1> would be
equivalent to an <h3>).
(http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#headings1)

Although not quite compliant with current HTML semantics, one could actually
use this method right *now* in HTML4 (using divs, h1s and appropriate css).
But I don't know what consequences it could have with search engines, for
instance...

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Venlig hilsen | Kind regards | Cordialement
Frank

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