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Two possible roles are: (1) Allow folding in an editor to hide the <para> tags, so a readability consideration; (2) To express a role for the <para> tags in the relationship with <section>, so a data-modelling consideration. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Michael Kay <mike@s...> wrote: >>Dare I propose an esthetic rule that child elements should (if possible) >> have comparable weight, and the weight is obviously rather uncoupled from >> the number of value items. > > Can you quantify what you mean by “weight”? > > Do I read you as saying that you don’t like > > <section> > <head>..</head> > <para>..</para> > <para>..</para> > <para>..</para> > </section> > > and would prefer > > <section> > <head>..</head> > <body> > <para>..</para> > <para>..</para> > <para>..</para> > </body> > </section> > > Personally, I’ve found it impossible to come up with a general rule on this. > I rely on instinct. In the above example the wrapper seems to serve no > conceivable purpose. > > Michael Kay > Saxonica
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