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From: John Foliot - bytown internet
Date: Apr 30, 2003 1:27PM

Simon Jessey wrote:

> There is no failure here, that I can see. There should never be a
> reason to
> jump from a lower priority header to a higher priority header.

I'm sorry Simon, but I beg to differ...

Look at it this way:

<h1>Main Title</h1>

<h2>Section 1 - Here</h2>
<h3>This</h3>
<h3>That</h3>
<h3>The Other</h3>

<h2>Section 2 - There</h2>
<h3>This</h3>
<h3>That</h3>
<h3>The Other</h3>
<h4>An Alternative Other</h4>

<h2>Section 3 - Anywhere</h2>
<h3>This</h3>
<h3>That</h3>
<h3>The Other</h3>

Is perfectly valid, legitimate and semantically correct. If a validation
tool "fails" this, the tool is flawed.

(That this much content could "probably/possibly" be spread over multiple
pages is not the point here, although it would also be a recommendation.
However, structurally this is most correct.)

JF



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