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   Re: [xml-dev] One (jaundiced?) view of Microsoft's vision for XML

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Henry S. Thompson scripsit:

>   * Point 1
>     - Point 1a
>     - Point 1b
>   * Point 2
> 
> is represented as (simplifying away all but the relevant bits):
> 
>  <list><item>Point 1</item></list>
> 
>  <list><item><list><item>Point 1a</item></list></item></list>
> 
>  <list><item><list><item>Point 1b</item></list></item></list>
>  
>  <list><item>Point 2</item></list>
> 
> I consider this to be tag abuse, 

Well, remember that it has to support arbitrary nesting and non-nesting.
For example, it still has to work if you remove Point 1; Points 1a and 1b
are not promoted to the top level.  This is really the same problem
as the H1, H2, ... elements in HTML.  Perhaps <list> <item depth="1"> ...
</item> <item depth=2> ... </item></list> might have been better.

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