[rfc-i] draft-iab-xml2rfc-03, "2.12 <br>"

[miek at miek.nl (Miek Gieben)]

[ Quoting <julian.reschke at gmx.de> in "[rfc-i] draft-iab-xml2rfc-03, "2.12..." ]
><https://greenbytes.de/tech/webdav/draft-iab-xml2rfc-03.html#rfc.section.2.12>:
>
>"2.12 <br>
>
>Indicates that a line break should be inserted in the generated output 
>by a formatting tool. It is always expressed as <br />. Multiple 
>successive instances of this element do not cause blank lines to 
>appear in the output, and is thus not useful.
>
>This element appears as a child element of <td> (Section 2.56) and 
><th> (Section 2.58).
>
>Content model: this element does not have any contents."
>
>Question: I assume this is here because splitting the cell's content 
>into multiple <t>s would create too much vertical whitespace?
>
>Other than that:
>
>- What is "It is always expressed as <br />" about?
>
>- "Multiple successive instances of this element do not cause blank 
>lines to appear in the output, and is thus not useful." -- maybe "are 
>not useful" - or just state that they'll be ignored? What if there's 
>whitespace in between, such as with "<br/> <br/>"?

I'm in favor of dropping `<br>` in its entirety. Limiting its use to *only*
td or th does not make any sense IMO.

If people feel we *do* need it, then why not allow it everywhere in document?

/Miek

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Miek Gieben