DOCBOOK: Re: para versus simpara?

Norman Walsh <> writes:

> Some users want to prevent paragraphs from containing "block" elements
> (as HTML does). The simpara element gives them an alternative to para
> that has the semantics they want. And they can make a customization
> layer that's a proper subset of DocBook simply by removing the 'para'
> element from the DTD.

I like the TEI way more to accomplish some such alternative
definition:  don't introduce a new element but redefine the standard
element using a parameter inside your internal doctype declaration.

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