- From: Howard Kaikow <kaikow@standards.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 17:35:00 -0500
- To: html-tidy@w3.org
- Cc: Howard Kaikow <kaikow@standards.com>
Yes, I had found that. At 14:09 12/8/2000, Gary L Peskin wrote: >Howard Kaikow wrote: >> >> I found the following in clause 7.5.3 in the file >..\html40\struct\global.html. >> >> "Generally, block-level elements may contain inline elements and other >> block-level elements. Generally, inline elements may contain only data and >> other inline elements. Inherent in this structural distinction is the idea >> that block elements create "larger" structures than inline elements" >> >> That wording is too loose. The spec needs to be tightened. > >Keep looking. At http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/sgml/loosedtd.html#basefont >in the definition for the FONT element, the only permitted content is >%inline. > >%inline, in turn, is defined as: > > #PCDATA | %fontstyle; | %phrase; | %special; | %formctrl; > >These entities, in turn, are defined as: > >%fontstyle; is TT | I | B | U | S | STRIKE | BIG | SMALL > >%phrase; is EM | STRONG | DFN | CODE | SAMP | KBD | VAR | CITE | ABBR >| ACRONYM > >%special; is A | IMG | APPLET | OBJECT | FONT | BASEFONT | BR | SCRIPT >| MAP > | Q |SUB | SUP | SPAN | BDO | IFRAME > >%formctl; is INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA | LABEL | BUTTON > >In particular, note that UL is nowhere to be found in this list. > >HTH, >Gary
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