Re: No nested <meta> elements?

Norm Tovey-Walsh <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 11:40:44 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.text.docbook.misc
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> It isn't allowed to add a <meta> element inside another <meta>, right? Is there
> a specific reason for this? What would your take on allowing nested <meta>s?

The new meta element isn’t allowed in very many places. It’s a child of
info (and a few bibliographic elements), to provide generic metadata.
Having a generic element means users don’t have to resort to tag abuse
of, for example, bibliomisc, as I have so often done.

Yes, it allows content, and you can put pretty much anything you want in
it, but it’s not a general sort of container for anything. It’s supposed
to be metadata.

What would the use case be for nested meta elements?

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                                          norm

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