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[JeremyH]

I'm trying to use proper html on my website for increased usability, accessibility, and a badge of pride, but I'm also trying to do things the proper way so I can't be accused of keyword stuffing in my headers. Currently I have a list of different things, let's say fruit, and a header:

<h2>Fruit</h2>
<ul>
<li>Apple</li>
<li>Lemon</li>
<li>Watermelon</li>
</ul>

I was looking if there was a more appropriate way to label my lists, and I came across a label header:

<ul>
<lh>Fruit</lh>
<li>Apple</li>
<li>Lemon</li>
<li>Watermelon</li>
</ul>

Unfortunately the label header is no longer valid.

Is it appropriate to use a definition list (it seems some people use it this way, but it troubles me because an "apple" is not the definition of a "fruit"), or is the way I am currently doing it the best method?

<dl>
<dt>Fruit</dt>
<dd>Apple</dd>
<dd>Lemon</dd>
<dd>Watermelon</dd>
</dl>

[torka]

There's nothing wrong with the way you're doing it, IMO. If your headers contain words that are about the topic of the page, then why would you be worried about "keyword stuffing"? Write headers that are appropriate for the page content and "read" well for human visitors and you should be fine.

--Torka

[chrishirst]

Keyword "stuffing" means using a "key"word/words far, far, FARmore than a dozen or so times in a document.

You have to think much bigger than what you are proposing.

[JeremyH]

I guess I shouldn't have said keyword stuffing. Right now I'm just worried about my semantics.

In the HTML5 draft, I came across this:

"The dl element represents an association list [...]." http://www.w3.org/TR...#the-dl-element

I guess I thought it was about words and their definition's, but I guess that would only be part of the story. Would I be correct in thinking that this method would be the most semantically correct:

<dl>
<dt>Fruit</dt>
<dd>Apple</dd>
<dd>Lemon</dd>
<dd>Watermelon</dd>
</dl>

[chrishirst]

A 'list of definitions' is what your information/data structure seems to be. ...