LwDITA subcommittee response: content model for <dd>

[Alan Houser <arh@groupwellesley.com>]

Colleagues,

At least one DITA TC member raised an issue about the appropriateness of 
the LwDITA content model for definition lists. (Bob Thomas, to give 
credit). Specifically, should the description/definition component 
(<dd>) allow nested <dl> and <simpletable>?

The Lightweight DITA Subcommittee discussed this on June 14*. The 
subcommittee's consensus is that the current content model is appropriate:

- One can envision reasonable use cases for allowing <dl> and 
<simpletable> in a definition.

- Forbidding nesting of <dl> would require some amount of architectural 
effort.

- The content model maps to the HTML5 content model for description lists.

I trust this provides the DITA TC sufficient information to close the issue.

-Alan

* Minutes of the June 14 meeting are at:
https://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/dita-lightweight-dita/download.php/61085/LwDITA%20Meeting%20Minutes%20for%20June%2014,%202017.txt

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