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Re: [xml2rfc-dev] [Ext] RFC 7991 issue #35: <li> can't contain a block quote

Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@icann.org> Wed, 03 October 2018 23:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [xml2rfc-dev] [Ext] RFC 7991 issue #35: <li> can't contain a block quote
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> The <li> element https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7991#section-2.29 can contain quite a bit of block elements, except <blockquote> (among others I think). Why?
> 
> In v2 xml ones usually works around this by mimicking the layout by abusing another element. Seems strange to do this here as well.

If I remember correctly, the idea was that list items are already indented, and indenting blockquotes in a list item might cause weird output. In retrospect, that doesn't seem like a great argument.

Does anyone still want to prohibit blockquotes in <li>?

--Paul Hoffman

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