"obvious" is in the eye of the beholder... :-)
>>
>><list type=bullet>
>><item><p>stuff 1</p><p>second para</p></item>
>><item><p>stuff 2</p></item>
>></list>
my concern with this is how it structually interleves with tables.
for example, consider:
<list>
<item><p>stuff 1</p></item>
<table><row>
<cell><item><p>stuff 2</p></item></list></cell>
</row></table>
this will cause xml to barf. if you push the </list> until after
the end of the table, a list later in the table will appear as a
second level list and won't indent right.
also, it looked like m$word allows multiple lists to be interleved.
(not that i care about this feature (allowing a bullet and number
list to be interleved in the flow), we might have to deal with it
on import).
>This mechanism is roughly how msword handles lists ( doing it this
>way makes it easier to convert id guess :-) )
Caolan, could you elaborate on what you've learned of m$word lists
and stuff. i guess i always considered my proposal to be a strawman
until we had sufficient feedback from those with insight into word files....
thanks
jeff