How do you mark up an accordion? — Sara Soueidan

I love this deep dive that Sara takes into the question of marking up content for progressive disclosure. It reminds me Dan’s SimpleQuiz from back in the day.

Then there’s this gem, which I think is a terrificly succinct explanation of the importance of meaningful markup:

It’s always necessary, in my opinion, to consider what content would render and look like in foreign environments, or in environments that are not controlled by our own styles and scripts. Writing semantic HTML is the first step in achieving truly resilient Web sites and applications.

How do you mark up an accordion? — Sara Soueidan

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Apple Annie’s Weblog · Diving into indiewebify.me & microformats, a series

Here’s a good walkthrough of adding microformats to your site, starting with h-card and moving on to h-entry.

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Invokers (Explainer) | Open UI

This is a really interesting proposal, and I have thoughts.

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A Blog Post With Every HTML Element by Patrick Weaver

I enjoyed this self-documenting journey of exploration.

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