"Sjoerd Visscher" <sjoerd@w3future.com> wrote in message 
news:429990DE.1050900@w......

> This an absolute abuse of the element, and the reason why I was against it 
> in the first place. I now think that the chance for abuse is too big, and 
> the number of cases where separator has real use is too small. So 
> separator should be dropped.

I agree with this issue, but please raise it on www-html-editor@w3.org and 
xhtml2-issues@hades.mn.aptest.com so that the Working Group can address it, 
it's not an issue unless it's sent there.

Cheers,

Jim.