"Eric S. Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2007-02-04 11:04 -0500:
> Michael(tm) Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > <para></para> is valid. It's not required to have content. > > A <para></para> instance won't generate validation errors. > > Huh? About a week ago I tried a change to the way I handled list terminations > and xmllint complained biiterly about <para></para>. I don't know why it would have. If you test with the following, it should validate without any errors or warnings. <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"> <article> <title>foo</title> <para/> </article>