Re: [xml2rfc-dev] RFC 7991 issue #37: Schema Issue, RFC 7991, In Section 2.12, <br>

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

On 10/1/2018 1:31 PM, [e-mail] wrote:
> This captures an issue noted during implementation, also described in
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-levkowetz-xml2rfc-v3-implementation#section-3.1.2
> 
> Specification: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7991#section-2.12
> 
> ---
> In Section 2.12, <br>
> 
>     A number of elements permits a mixed content model (see Section "Mixed
>     Content Model"): <li>, <blockquote>, <dd>, <td>, and <th>.  However,
>     when using the simpler of the two content schemas, two of them (<td> and
>     <th>) permit inline line breaks through the use of <br> elements; the
>     others do not.  This seems terribly arbitrary.
> 
>     Recommendation:  Remove the <br> element completely.  Alternatively,
>                      permit it to be used all places that 'text' and non-
>                      block elements may be used (that is, in inline
>                      context).
> 
>     Implementation:  The current version of xml2rfc renders <br> as a
>                      newline in all inline contexts.
> ---

As far as I recall, we ended up with the limited use of <br> because 
forcing a line break inside a table cell sometimes really is needed, 
while otherwise it's not. I agree consistency is nice, but this may be a 
case where the current approach is the right one.

Best regards, Julian