Annotation of html5/spec/the-section-element.html, revision 1.183
1.88 mike 1: <!DOCTYPE html>
1.159 sruby 2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><head><title>4.4.2 The section element — HTML5</title><style type="text/css">
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1.1 mike 69: h2 { page-break-before: always; }
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190: #configUI p label { display: block; }
191: #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
192: #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
193:
194: fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
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1.1 mike 200:
201: .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
202: .applies thead code { display: block; }
203: .applies tbody th { whitespace: nowrap; }
204: .applies td { text-align: center; }
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237: .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
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246: .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
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262: #base64-table * { border: none; }
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265:
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270: column-gap: 1em;
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272: -moz-column-gap: 1em;
273: -webkit-column-width: 30em;
274: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
275: }
276: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
277: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
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280:
281: .glyph.control { color: red; }
282:
283: @font-face {
284: font-family: 'Essays1743';
1.178 sruby 285: src: url('../fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
1.1 mike 286: }
287: @font-face {
288: font-family: 'Essays1743';
289: font-weight: bold;
1.178 sruby 290: src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
1.1 mike 291: }
292: @font-face {
293: font-family: 'Essays1743';
294: font-style: italic;
1.178 sruby 295: src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
1.1 mike 296: }
297: @font-face {
298: font-family: 'Essays1743';
299: font-style: italic;
300: font-weight: bold;
1.178 sruby 301: src: url('../fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
1.1 mike 302: }
303:
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1.1 mike 305: function getCookie(name) {
306: var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
307: for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
308: if (params[index] == name)
309: return "1";
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1.159 sruby 322: </script><link href="the-body-element.html" title="4.4.1 The body element" rel="prev">
1.161 sruby 323: <link href="spec.html#contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">
1.1 mike 324: <link href="the-nav-element.html" title="4.4.3 The nav element" rel="next">
1.22 mike 325: </head><body onload="fixBrokenLink();" class="split chapter"><div class="head" id="head">
1.1 mike 326: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
327:
328: <h1>HTML5</h1>
1.159 sruby 329: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
1.183 ! sruby 330: <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor's-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 24 September 2012</h2>
1.85 mike 331: </div>
1.174 sruby 332: <div class="prev_next">
1.1 mike 333: <a href="the-body-element.html">← 4.4.1 The body element</a> –
1.161 sruby 334: <a href="spec.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
1.1 mike 335: <a href="the-nav-element.html">4.4.3 The nav element →</a>
1.159 sruby 336: </div>
1.1 mike 337:
1.85 mike 338: <h4 id="the-section-element"><span class="secno">4.4.2 </span>The <dfn><code>section</code></dfn> element</h4>
339:
340: <dl class="element"><dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-categories" title="element-dfn-categories">Categories</a>:</dt>
1.159 sruby 341: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">Flow content</a>.</dd>
342: <dd><a href="content-models.html#sectioning-content-0">Sectioning content</a>.</dd>
343: <dd><a href="content-models.html#palpable-content-0">Palpable content</a>.</dd>
1.25 mike 344: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-contexts" title="element-dfn-contexts">Contexts in which this element can be used</a>:</dt>
1.159 sruby 345: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">flow content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.25 mike 346: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-content-model" title="element-dfn-content-model">Content model</a>:</dt>
1.159 sruby 347: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1">Flow content</a>.</dd>
1.25 mike 348: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-attributes" title="element-dfn-attributes">Content attributes</a>:</dt>
1.1 mike 349: <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.159 sruby 350: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-dom" title="element-dfn-dom">DOM interface</a>:</dt><!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
1.1 mike 351: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
1.159 sruby 352: </dl><!--TOPIC:HTML--><p>The <code><a href="#the-section-element">section</a></code> element <a href="rendering.html#represents">represents</a> a
1.1 mike 353: generic section of a document or application. A section, in this
354: context, is a thematic grouping of content, typically with a
1.85 mike 355: heading.</p>
356:
357: <p class="example">Examples of sections would be chapters, the
1.1 mike 358: various tabbed pages in a tabbed dialog box, or the numbered
359: sections of a thesis. A Web site's home page could be split into
360: sections for an introduction, news items, and contact
1.85 mike 361: information.</p>
362:
363: <p class="note">Authors are encouraged to use the
1.1 mike 364: <code><a href="the-article-element.html#the-article-element">article</a></code> element instead of the <code><a href="#the-section-element">section</a></code>
365: element when it would make sense to syndicate the contents of the
1.85 mike 366: element.</p>
367:
368: <p class="note" id="use-div-for-wrappers">The <code><a href="#the-section-element">section</a></code>
1.1 mike 369: element is not a generic container element. When an element is
370: needed only for styling purposes or as a convenience for scripting,
371: authors are encouraged to use the <code><a href="the-div-element.html#the-div-element">div</a></code> element instead.
372: A general rule is that the <code><a href="#the-section-element">section</a></code> element is
373: appropriate only if the element's contents would be listed
1.85 mike 374: explicitly in the document's <a href="headings-and-sections.html#outline">outline</a>.</p>
375:
376: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 377:
378: <p>In the following example, we see an article (part of a larger
379: Web page) about apples, containing two short sections.</p>
380:
381: <pre><article>
382: <hgroup>
383: <h1>Apples</h1>
384: <h2>Tasty, delicious fruit!</h2>
385: </hgroup>
386: <p>The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree.</p>
387: <section>
388: <h1>Red Delicious</h1>
389: <p>These bright red apples are the most common found in many
390: supermarkets.</p>
391: </section>
392: <section>
393: <h1>Granny Smith</h1>
394: <p>These juicy, green apples make a great filling for
395: apple pies.</p>
396: </section>
397: </article></pre>
398:
399: <p>Notice how the use of <code><a href="#the-section-element">section</a></code> means that the author
1.159 sruby 400: can use <code><a href="the-aside-element.html#the-h1,-h2,-h3,-h4,-h5,-and-h6-elements">h1</a></code> elements throughout, without having to
1.1 mike 401: worry about whether a particular section is at the top level, the
402: second level, the third level, and so on.</p>
403:
1.85 mike 404: </div>
405:
406: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 407:
408: <p>Here is a graduation programme with two sections, one for the
409: list of people graduating, and one for the description of the
410: ceremony.</p>
411:
412: <pre><!DOCTYPE Html>
413: <Html
414: ><Head
415: ><Title
416: >Graduation Ceremony Summer 2022</Title
417: ></Head
418: ><Body
419: ><H1
420: >Graduation</H1
421: ><Section
422: ><H1
423: >Ceremony</H1
424: ><P
425: >Opening Procession</P
426: ><P
427: >Speech by Validactorian</P
428: ><P
429: >Speech by Class President</P
430: ><P
431: >Presentation of Diplomas</P
432: ><P
433: >Closing Speech by Headmaster</P
434: ></Section
435: ><Section
436: ><H1
437: >Graduates</H1
438: ><Ul
439: ><Li
440: >Molly Carpenter</Li
441: ><Li
442: >Anastasia Luccio</Li
443: ><Li
444: >Ebenezar McCoy</Li
445: ><Li
446: >Karrin Murphy</Li
447: ><Li
448: >Thomas Raith</Li
449: ><Li
450: >Susan Rodriguez</Li
451: ></Ul
452: ></Section
453: ></Body
454: ></Html></pre>
455:
1.85 mike 456: </div>
457:
458: <div class="example">
1.1 mike 459:
460: <p>In this example, a book author has marked up some sections as
461: chapters and some as appendices, and uses CSS to style the headers
462: in these two classes of section differently. The whole book is
463: wrapped in an <code><a href="the-article-element.html#the-article-element">article</a></code> element as part of an even
464: larger document containing other books.</p>
465:
466: <pre><article class="book">
467: <style>
468: section { border: double medium; margin: 2em; }
469: section.chapter h1 { font: 2em Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif; }
470: section.appendix h1 { font: small-caps 2em Roboto, Helvetica Neue, sans-serif; }
471: </style>
472: <header>
473: <hgroup>
474: <h1>My Book</h1>
475: <h2>A sample with not much content</h2>
476: </hgroup>
477: <p><small>Published by Dummy Publicorp Ltd.</small></p>
478: </header>
479: <section class="chapter">
480: <h1>My First Chapter</h1>
481: <p>This is the first of my chapters. It doesn't say much.</p>
482: <p>But it has two paragraphs!</p>
483: </section>
484: <section class="chapter">
485: <h1>It Continutes: The Second Chapter</h1>
486: <p>Bla dee bla, dee bla dee bla. Boom.</p>
487: </section>
488: <section class="chapter">
489: <h1>Chapter Three: A Further Example</h1>
490: <p>It's not like a battle between brightness and earthtones would go
491: unnoticed.</p>
492: <p>But it might ruin my story.</p>
493: </section>
494: <section class="appendix">
495: <h1>Appendix A: Overview of Examples</h1>
496: <p>These are demonstrations.</p>
497: </section>
498: <section class="appendix">
499: <h1>Appendix B: Some Closing Remarks</h1>
500: <p>Hopefully this long example shows that you <em>can</em> style
501: sections, so long as they are used to indicate actual sections.</p>
502: </section>
503: </article></pre>
504:
1.85 mike 505: </div>
506:
507:
508:
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