這算不上可怕，但是足以促使我尋找別的替代方案。將數據嵌入在 XHtml 中怎麼樣？在這種情況下，不需要對它進行解析或格式化，可以像清單 3 中這樣直接顯示它：
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<li><dl>
<dt>publisher</dt><dd>Room of One's Own</dd>
<dt>type</dt><dd>Journal</dd>
<dt>titles</dt><dd><ul>
<li>Hyacinth Blue</li>
<li>Fabrication</li>
<li>Thanksgiving</li>
<li>Spilling the Peas</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>submitted</dt><dd>2005-05-10</dd>
<dt>accepted</dt><dd>2005-09-01</dd>
<dt>published</dt><dd>2006-10-01</dd>
<dt>payment received</dt><dd>2006-09-01</dd>
<dt>titles accepted</dt><dd><ul>
<li>Hyacinth Blue</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>expenses</dt><dd><dl>
<dt>postage</dt><dd>CAD 1.12</dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt>payment</dt><dd><ul>
<li>CAD 50.00</li>
<li>2 CopIEs of Publication Issue</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl></li>
<li><dl>
<dt>publisher</dt>
<dd>Surrey International Writers' Competition</dd>
<dt>type</dt><dd>Contest</dd>
<dt>titles</dt><dd><ul>
<li>The Thirteenth Child</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>submitted</dt><dd>2006-08-31</dd>
<dt>accepted</dt><dd>2006-09-26</dd>
<dt>published</dt><dd>2006-10-20</dd>
<dt>payment received</dt><dd>2006-10-20</dd>
<dt>titles accepted</dt><dd><ul>
<li>The Thirteenth Child</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>expenses</dt><dd><dl>
<dt>postage</dt><dd>CAD 1.05</dd>
<dt>entry fee</dt><dd>CAD 15.00</dd>
</dl></dd>
<dt>payment</dt><dd><ul>
<li>CAD 150.00</li>
<li>Honorable Mention</li>
<li>Copy of Anthology</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl></li>
<li><dl>
<dt>publisher</dt><dd>Word on the Street</dd>
<dt>type</dt><dd>Invited Reader</dd>
<dt>event</dt><dd>10 Minutes of readings</dd>
<dt>event date</dt><dd>2006-09-24</dd>
<dt>payment</dt><dd><ul>
<li>T-Shirt</li>
<li>Lunch</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl></li>
<li><dl>
<dt>publisher</dt><dd>Paideusis: The Journal of the
Canadian Philosophy of Education SocIEty</dd>
<dt>type</dt><dd>Refereed Journal</dd>
<dt>titles</dt><dd><ul>
<li>To Carry Over: Metaphor Invents Us (seven poems)</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>submitted</dt><dd>2006-10-13</dd>
<dt>accepted</dt><dd>2006-10-16</dd>
<dt>published</dt><dd>Pending</dd>
<dt>titles accepted</dt><dd>All</dd>
</dl></li>
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