[Not sure if this is the right way to contribute to
this thread, but I don't see any contributor hooks on the page or in the Help.
Responding to http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200804/msg00060.html.]
I agree that rendering is an OT
issue.
The real issue IMO is that <li> permits #PCDATA
and phrase-level elements. These should only be permitted in paragraph-level
elements, and any element that permits paragraph-level or "larger" elements as
children should not permit #PCDATA and phrase-level elements. This behavior
seems to be a relic of the HTML standard.
It is easy for OT and vendors to insert <p> by
default, and if <li> begins with some other child element it is only a
minor nuisance to delete <p> or insert that child ahead of
<p>.
This would simplify the work of rendering and remove
the ambivalence that is the topic of this thread.
Perhaps this is already being considered for 1.3 or
2.0.
/Bruce
Nevin
