Re: [dita] Re: Discuss list processing expectations

["Rodolfo M. Raya" <rmraya@maxprograms.com>]

On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:37:22 -0400
Michael Priestley <mpriestl@ca.ibm.com> wrote:

> Semantically the following two constructions are equivalent:
> 
> <p>There are three things: one, two, three.</p>
> 
> <p>There are three things:
> <ul>
> <li>one</li>
> <li>two</li>
> <li>three</li>
> </ul>
> </p>
> 
> If the segmentation rules don't work with the second case, shouldn't that 
> mean the segmentation rules need updating? This won't be unique to DITA.

Not necessarily Michael.

Segmentation rules are usually defined to handle list items as separate
segments because when an author wants a simple list, the first case you
mentioned is usually used.

Regards,
Rodolfo
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