Re: [office] 4.3 Lists

[Michael Brauer <Michael.Brauer@Sun.COM>]

Hi Patrick,

Patrick Durusau wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> The first paragraph, second setence of 4.3 Lists reads:
> 
> A list is a paragraph-level element, which contains a sequence of list 
> items, optionally preceded by a special list item called the list header.
> 
> Comment:
> 
> Seems ambiguous as to whether the list header applies to the list or to 
> the sequence of list items.
> 
> Suggest:
> 
> A list is a paragraph-level element, which contains a sequence of list 
> items, and it is optionally preceded by a special list item called the 
> list header.
> 
> Comment: In recasting, number agreement calls attention back to the list.

I'm still not sure how I would understand that sentence. I think the
sentence become clear if the list header is treated as an elemenet of
its own rather than as a special list item. I've rephrased the paragraph
as follows:

The Open Office format supports list structures, similar to those found
in [HTML4]. A list is a paragraph-level element, which contains an
optional list header, followed by a sequence of list items. The list
header and each list item contains a sequence of paragraph or list
elements. Lists can be nested.

Is that okay for you?

Michael