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HTML HTML Text Abbreviations, Addresses, and Citations

Posted by joshuasemick
joshuasemick
2,113 Points

Best practices of using the <address> element?

The lesson suggests using the <address> tag to identify a postal address however the W3C HTML 5 spec states:

"The address element must not be used to represent arbitrary addresses (e.g. postal addresses), unless those addresses are in fact the relevant contact information. (The p element is the appropriate element for marking up postal addresses in general.)"

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html#the-address-element

Is this use of <address> a carryover practice from previous HTML specs that should be done away with? I've read something about using hCards instead.

2 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

> The address element must not be used to represent arbitrary addresses (e.g. postal addresses), unless those addresses are in fact the relevant contact information

Because Nick is the person writing the content and it's Nick's postal address, this is in keeping with the spec.

joshuasemick
joshuasemick
2,113 Points
joshuasemick
joshuasemick
2,113 Points

Thanks James!