On 03/10/2011 09:20 AM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
My question is: Is this acceptable use of the SECTION element, even in a flow that mostly consists of P elements, not wrapped inside SECTION elements of their own?
If I understand you correctly, it is not the intended use of <section> — i.e. <section> conveys a different semantic to the one that you want — and could have a number of undesirable consequences. In particular it would insert a (presumably untitled) entry into the document outline.
I don't think a solution to your problem currently exists. I am somewhat skeptical that a solution is urgently required (that is, I don't think I have used a tool that *actually* fails if I have to split a paragraph to accommodate a list).