Re: [jats-list] Lists with a single item are valid, will they always be?

["Liam R. E. Quin liam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:51:24 -0000
"Pieter Lamers pieter.lamers@xxxxxxxxxxxx"
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Another case would be a bullet point,
> then a few paragraphs, then another bullet point.

Parallelism in writing is another:

Examples of world-changing things:
    * Liquid lighter fuel;
    * A lit match;
    * A cart-wheel.

Example of combined things:
    * A burning cart.

Where text can be machine generated there can be value in allowing zero
items in a list; i remember this argument was used to allow empty lists
in HTML. Actually i think i was one of the people who made the argument
:)

liam

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