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

[julian.reschke at gmx.de (Julian Reschke)]

On 2016-05-09 20:26, Miek Gieben wrote:
> [ 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?

AFAIR, there *is* a use case for line breaks in table cells, but not 
anywhere else.

Best regards, Julian