[Docutils-develop] [docutils:feature-requests] #60 Allow definition_list_item to have multiple term

- **status**: open --> open-fixed
- **Comment**:

Commit [r9747] changes the DTD, documentation, and `nodes.definition_list_item.content_model` to allow multiple terms for one definition.



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**[feature-requests:#60] Allow definition_list_item to have multiple terms**

**Status:** open-fixed
**Group:** Default
**Created:** Thu Jan 03, 2019 09:10 AM UTC by Takeshi KOMIYA
**Last Updated:** Tue Dec 12, 2023 06:20 PM UTC
**Owner:** nobody
**Attachments:**

- [support_multiple_terms_on_definition_list_item.patch](https://sourceforge.net/p/docutils/feature-requests/60/attachment/support_multiple_terms_on_definition_list_item.patch) (3.7 kB; application/octet-stream)


In HTML  spec, definition list accepts multiple terms in a item.  This patch allows doctree model to have multiple terms as children of definition_list_item also.
https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/grouping-content.html#the-dl-element

In sphinx, a custom directive named "glossary" allows multiple terms for one definition_list_item.
https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/directives.html#glossary


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