Re: [xml2rfc] <sourcecode> inside an <aside>

[Julian Reschke <[e-mail]>]

Am 29.01.2021 um 18:28 schrieb Roger Price:
> I would like to place a short piece of code in an aside, but this is not
> allowed by the content model for <aside>:
>
>   element aside {,,,,
> (artset|artwork|blockquote|dl|figure|iref|ol|t|table|ul)* }
>
> It is forbidden to write
>
>   <aside><t>Bla bla ....</t>
>   <sourcecode>a=a+1</sourcecode></aside>
>
> I find I have to write
>
>   <aside><t>Bla bla ....</t>
>   <figure><sourcecode>a=a+1</sourcecode></figure></aside>
>
> This puts the a=a+1 into the aside, but gives me an unwanted "Figure n".
>
> 1. Is there a neater way of doing this?
> 2. Why not allow <sourcecode> in the content model for <aside>?
>
> Roger
> ...

IMHO that is clearly an oversight. I recommend opening a ticket at
<https://github.com/rfc-format/draft-iab-xml2rfc-v3-bis/issues>. I
*believe* this should be non-controversial and easy to fix.

(The best workaround for now probably would be to use <artwork> instead
of <sourcecode>).

Best regards, Julian