Is my =item usage forbidden by POD rules?

Doesn't really matter :) but it isn't , see in perlpodspec, perlpod

Naturally this assumes the invalid-pod you posted is really valid pod in your real file

Can this be corrected in pod2html?

Sure, but why bother? Don't hold your breath :) What are you talking about? Maybe you want to upgrade Pod::Html, I have an old 1.1502, I don't get what you get

There are many alternatives to Pod::Html like Pod::Simple::... Pod::Simple::HTML, Pod::Simple::HTMLBatch, Pod::POM::View::HTML/Pod::POM::Web, Perl::Tidy 

    use Perl::Tidy();
    my $html = "";
    Perl::Tidy::perltidy(
        source => $modfile,
        destination => \$html,
        argv => " -html ",
        stderr => File::Spec->devnull,
    );
    return $html;

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In the meantime, how can I workaround this shortcoming?

Well, I would stop using XML::Parser as its very low level. I would use XML::Twig or XML::LibXML

In reply to Re: POD translation to HTML bug? (pod2html) by Anonymous Monk
in thread POD translation to HTML bug? by ajl52

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