Clarification over section and article
The spec has been clarified to help authors correctly choose between when to use section and when to use article, and Bruce’s section post has also been updated.
footer now works like header
This was a big one and causing confusing to people coming to HTML5 for the first time. Originally you couldn’t include a nav element inside a footer, or a section.
Now the spec has been changed to match the header element.
details and figure saved
Instead of using legend, which didn’t work, Jeremy suggested (although slightly tongue in cheek) to use dt for the title and dd for the body. Ian Hickson agreed, and it’s in
Example:
<figure>
<dd><video src="ex-b.mov"></video>
<dt>Exhibit B. The <cite>Rough Copy</cite> trailer.
</figure>aside has better examples
The documentation has been updated to specify better examples of how the aside element can be used.
Better examples help us authors understand how it can be used.
Dropped Elements
The following elements have been dropped from the HTML5 spec (though bb and datagrid were some time ago, and datagrid has been postponed rather than dropped entirely):
- dialog
- bb
- datagrid
Ch-ch-changes
We’ll be posting in more detail about some of these changes, and as further changes come out of the editing process we’ll no doubt keep you all up to date, either via our Twitter account (which you should follow) or feel free to let us know too!
