Why use definition lists (DL,DD,DT) tags for HTML forms instead of tables?

Question

I\'ve come across a few examples recently that do things like:

  
Full Name:
  


        

Answer 1

Definition lists are almost never used because semantically speaking they rarely show up on the internet.

In your case the correct code has been posted:

    Full Name:
    
    Email Address:
    

You are creating a form with inputs and labels for said inputs, you are not setting forth a list of words and defining them.

If you are doing some kind of help section then definition lists would be appropriate, e.g.:

    
HTML
    
Hypertext Markup Language
    
CSS
    
Cascade Stylesheets
    
PHP
    
Hypertext Preprocessor