Re: [xml2rfc] Embedded lists in V3 syntax

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Mon, 26 April 2021 18:52 UTC

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kdrfc -3c says:

Input:

* Outer
  * Inner

Output:

      <ul spacing="normal">
        <li>
          <t>Outer
          </t>
          <ul spacing="normal">
            <li>Inner</li>
          </ul>
        </li>
      </ul>

The »spacing=“normal”« is xml2rfc v3 conversion noise.

https://xml2rfc.tools.ietf.org/xml2rfc-doc.html#name-li-2 reveals:

Content schema:
( ( artset | artwork | blockquote | dl | figure | ol | sourcecode | t | table | ul )+ 
| ( text | bcp14 | br | cref | em | eref | iref | strong | sub | sup | tt | u | xref )+ )

So a single <li> either has text (case “Inner” above) or has a mixture of block level elements (which include <t> and <ul>, case “Outer" above).

Hope that helps.

Grüße, Carsten