Nested HTML elements are supported. The content of those elements is included in the expected string, but the tags themselves are not.
<span concordion:assertEquals="#fullName">Fred <strong>Bloggs</strong></span>
Will match
the evaluation result "Fred Bloggs".
No extra whitespace is added around the nested elements.
<span concordion:assertEquals="#fullName">Fred<em>Bloggs</em></span>
Will match the string
"FredBloggs", but will
not match
"Fred Bloggs".