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http://www.w3.org/mid/4A3AF8B9.8040700@mozilla.com <MikeSmith> so, about your actual statement in that message, regarding the topic of "content model" <sayrer> yeah <MikeSmith> "I can see why this might be tempting to specify for theoretical reasons, but I can't think of a use case." <sayrer> http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/images/content-venn.svg <sayrer> why does that exist? <sayrer> that is the first illustration under "3.4 Content models"
The diagram exists to more easily convey the relationship between each of the categories. So, for example, a reader can see at a glance that all embedded content is also phrasing content, so they know that wherever phrasing content is allowed, embedded content is too. It's a lot quicker and easier to understand such relationships by glancing at the diagram than having to read all of the descriptions. It's certainly useful for me. Before it was in the spec, I had even sketched my own for the same reason. So I would object to its removal.
The diagram exists for the reason Lachlan states; someone indicated that they would like a clearer introduction to the various content models and so I provided this diagram (with the help of a couple of other people). I'm not sure what this bug is asking for at this point.
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