887306 - Use of word "section" in HTML5 documentation

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: HTML, defect, P5)

Description

[gmhring]

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: Correction
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:: Details

Ref title "Sections outside the outline" bullets #3 and #4
(Disclaimer: I'm new to HTML. So I might be missing nuance of language.)

The language on MDN (the use of the various uses/variation of the word section) is a little confusing (even in the W3 spec!)

If I am understanding the W3 specs correctly, the tags <header> and <footer> are not technically "sectioning" elements. 

References:
HTML5 specs 
http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/CR-html5-20121217/sections.html
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html

Definition of "sectioning content":
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/dom.html#sectioning-content-0

Comment 1

[Emerson Veenstra [:emerson]]

(In reply to gmhring from comment #0)

> Ref title "Sections outside the outline" bullets #3 and #4
> (Disclaimer: I'm new to HTML. So I might be missing nuance of language.)
> 
> The language on MDN (the use of the various uses/variation of the word
> section) is a little confusing (even in the W3 spec!)
> 
> If I am understanding the W3 specs correctly, the tags <header> and <footer>
> are not technically "sectioning" elements. 

That is correct, <header> and <footer> are not sectioning content and they don't influence the outline of the document at all. I've updated the page to hopefully clear up some of the confusion surrounding that.