On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Yuvalik Webdesign <postmas...@yuvalik.org> wrote: >> From: Tab Atkins Jr. >> >> Neither of you are *quite* right, but you are much closer to correct >> than your colleague. A transparent element *must* contain the same >> kinds of elements that its direct parent can. The meaning of >> transparent is simply that, if you removed the element but left its >> children, the document would still be conforming. >> >> It does *not* mean that you can wrap a transparent element around >> anything, as some elements have very specific rules about what >> children they may have. Frex, you can't wrap an arbitrary transparent >> element around a <td>. >> > > So, if I understand correctly I should read: > > When a content model includes a part that is "transparent", that part must > not contain content that would not be conformant if the transparent element > in the tree would be removed, while retaining the order of the tree." > > ?
Yes, that's correct. It's essentially a rewording of what's in the spec (just more focused on the element rather than the parent/children, as the current spec text is). ~TJ
