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Sharina V. Jones
11,459 PointsAttribute required for two title definitions?
In the video example, he uses the lang attribute to distinguish between the British and English versions of the word color. I just wanted to find out if an attribute will always be required for distinction in html5. I know it won't always be language but I just wanted to find out if an attribute for distinction is always required.
3 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsI couldn't find anything in the spec that would suggest it's required.
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/grouping-content.html#the-dl-element
I would take a look at the examples that are posted for the dl, dt, and dd elements in that link.
The dd element has a vocabulary list example where you see some meaningful class names assigned to the dd's like class="pronunciation"
My take away from this is that it is up to you to impart as much meaning as you can to your content using various attributes.
Caroline Hagan
12,612 PointsFrom what I could find, the lang attribute is the only attribute used for distinction, but I could be mistaken. Little bit of blurb about it on here... http://html5doctor.com/the-dl-element/
Sharina V. Jones
11,459 PointsThanks all. I didn't think they would require an attribute but I wanted to be sure.