Semantic Markup

[scouse]

Hi,

I've attached an image of something I'm currently building in one of my pages and was wondering what you think would be the most appropriate markup to use.

Initially I was thinking of using a table as its tabular data, but then at the same time I thought maybe I should use definition lists as the information displayed is a list of vehicles.

I assume either could be used correctly, but just wondering what other peoples thoughts on this are?

Thanks

[kiwibrit]

I'd probably do it as a table - even though form a purist point of view you could argue that (styled radio?) button should not be part of one.

[svidgen]

Tabular: http://www.answers.com/tabular
Definition 3: Organized as a table or list.

Generally, a table is semantically more appropriate for a list of items that have the same fields/attributes. But, a list ok for this kind of data as well. However, a list is more semantically appropriate for records with varied columns or other more free-form data.

And remember that a table is better designed to scale with your data. A list will not naturally resize all of its members to accomodate the largest cell(s).

Conclusion: However you feel like thinking about it / whichever is easier for you to code.

[scouse]

Cool, thanks for your replies. Based on what you both say I think I'm going to use a table.