Sent by Chris Ovenden on 24 May 2005 18:06
On 5/24/05, Michael Wilson [EMAIL-REMOVED]> wrote:
> David Balch wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, this is not valid XHTML as <p> isn't allowed inside <ol>..
>
> <p> as a child of <ol> is not valid, however, <p> as a child of <li> is
> perfectly valid.
>
> > For a moment I thought there was an easy solution when I was looking for a
> > difficult one ;-)
>
> I've used the following on several occasions without issue or a guilty
> conscience:
>
> http://www.iqmax.com/downloads/mike/css-examples/list-item-notes/
>
> > Conceptually one doesn't find paragraphs in lists - only list-items.
> > One could argue that something that isn't a list-item within a list
> > should be treated as if it weren't in the list, regards formatting at
> > least.
>
> In contrast, one argument in favor of block-level content within list
> items may be that just because something is a list item doesn't
> necessarily mean that it doesn't warrant further elaboration or
> structure. A complex set of step-by-step instructions, for example, may
> require more than a few words wrapped in <li> to properly convey
> meaning. I believe this is the reason the spec allows for block level
> content within list items.
>
> If the content in question isn't an integral part of a list item, then
> it should be placed outside the list; perhaps before as an introduction
> or after as a footnote.
>
> At the end of the day, I don't think you will be committing semantic
> hara-kiri by using this method to structure your list.
>
Nicely answered, Michael. The original Berners-Lee HTML specification
was (almost) about pure structure. Of course you can have paragraphs
within a list item. I was starting to get worried that with the advent
of xhtml we'd thrown a tomato out with the radishes.
Chris
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