CHAPTER 13 ■ BLOCKS
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Structural Meaning
Problem You want to identify the structure of a document using blocks.^
Solution Blocks define the structure of a document, and the structure of a document helps readers and computers
understand the meaning of a document. Everything in a document is related. The block structure
identifies the order and intensity of the relationships. The more elements you wrap around content, the
more closely it relates to ancestors and siblings.
HTML makes four assumptions about the meaning of document structure:
Pattern
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HTML
Location This pattern applies to block elements.
Related to Visual Structure; HTML Structure, Structural Block Elements, Terminal Block Elements, Multi-purpose
Block Elements (Chapter 2)