[tei-council] <content> vs <mixedContent>

[Sebastian Rahtz]

On 3 Oct 2014, at 15:29, Lou Burnard <lou.burnard at retired.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 03/10/14 15:18, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>> No, really, folks this is mad.
>> 
>> Having two elements <content> and <mixedContent> which have more or less
>> identical semantics, and identical content models,
> 
> They don't have identical content models.
> <mixedContent> cannot have <alternate> or <sequence>

what??????  you’re dreaming. of course it has alternate and sequence, those
are the basic building blocks of the content model.

unless you’re talking about a very different mixedContent from me. my understanding
is that its sugar for the existing <content allowText=“true”> as we have now. If you’re
thinking of something else, then all bets are off and I invoke Habeas Corpus.
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