LI syntax, Modest Proposal

Terry Allen (terry@ora.com)
Thu, 22 Jun 95 11:22:29 EDT

This is *not* a suggestion for a change to 2.0, just an observation
and a proposal for eventual change.

The problem with anything after LI is that the content model of LI
is %flow;, which allows PCDATA:

<!ENTITY % flow "(%text|%block)*">

It is convenient for input to allow pcdata after <LI>, but structurally
one should require a <P>. I propose that at some future point the
Recommended form of flow should drop %text;, or that the Recommended
form of LI should use %block instead. Then there's no ambiguity about
the whitespace: it isn't significant.

Regards,

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