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Jul 8, 2025, 7:45 PM
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Interesting heuristic for table vs. dl HTML elements:

Rule of thumb: if you can put a header on the table version, it should not be a definition list.

Another rule of thumb: If you can not put a header on the table version, it should be a definition list.

This could also apply more broadly to thinking about: