- From: Dr. Olaf Hoffmann <Dr.O.Hoffmann@gmx.de>
- Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:19:51 +0100
- To: public-html@w3.org
David Carlisle wrote: >HTML has always stood out amongst marked up document formats in having a >very restricted content model for paragraphs that doesn't allow block >level markup. I always viewed div as "p with a fixed content model" >(which isn't really the intention of div, but a very plausible way of >using it.) This depends on the definition or concept, what a paragraph is - in my language and the types of literature I use paragraphs (scientific, technical, fiction, general in prose), a paragraph is a single and short and closed train of thoughts. Because the intellectual capacities of readers of literature are typically limited, the author cannot expect, that such a paragraph containing tables, lists or in general the complete rest of the world will be understandable as one train of thoughts. Therefore it typically indicates a bad document structure, if a paragraph is blown up with anything. For chapters, sections, subsections etc HTML5 introduces the section element - having used (la)tex for several texts too, I know, that this language has a similar concept to structure text in a useful way and to brace the pleat thoughts of authors smooth ;o) Unfortunately HTML5 seems to allow now such clouded paragraphs, both having inline and block content inside. This does not really help authors to sort their thoughts to something with a good structure...
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