[whatwg] "Content model" vs. "Contexts in which this element may be used"

[Ian Hickson]

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 Darxus at ChaosReigns.com wrote:
>
> These sections have very different wordings given the fact that they 
> directly correspond to each other.
> 
> Maybe change 
> 
>   "Contexts in which this element may be used" to
>   "Content models in which this element may be used".

I think that change would be wrong. For example, take <dd>: it's allowed 
"Before dd or dt elements inside dl elements", which isn't a content model 
-- the content model of <dl> is "Zero or more groups each consisting of 
one or more dt elements followed by one or more dd elements", but saying 
that as the context in which <dt> is allowed would be like answering the 
wrong question.

Having that that, I've added a section explaining exactly how to read 
these element definitions, and making the "contexts in which..." non- 
normative.

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