Re: [Docutils-develop] Nested references

[David G. <go...@py...>]

> On Fri, 04 Mar 2005, David Goodger apparently wrote:
>> I don't see any problem with nested references.  Why does
>> XHTML prohibit them?

[Alan G Isaac]
> I think you mean: why does XHTML 1 forbid nesting of
> A elements. Right?

Correct.

> Presumably: because HTML 4 strict forbids this.

But that just begs the question: why does HTML 4 strict forbid nesting
of A elements?  ;-)

> As far as I know, there is no such restrictionn in
> XHTML 2, where the A element is equivalent to a SPAN
> element.

That's good to know.

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David Goodger <http://python.net/~goodger>