RE: [xliff] translate and xml:space

From
Yves Savourel <>
Date
2012-04-23T11:45:59+00:00
ID
assp.04602c484d.assp.04600f8654.004301cd2146$a5cdd5d0$f1698170$@com
Thread
RE: [xliff] translate and xml:space
>> Again, treat that portion that requires special 
>> space handling as a subflow.
>
> I think it would be wrong to break apart a sentence 
> because of a stylistic change. If we do that for xml:space 
> why don't we do it for a span of italics inside a non-italics
> content? While the presence of a change in how spaces 
> should be handled *may* indicate a true sub-flow, there is 
> no way to be sure of it just by that.

Actually  let me take this back. It's a bad comparison as preserving or not spaces is not a stylistic change: it affects the process of the text not just its rendering.

But I'm still not sure it is not enough information to justify a sub-flow.

Cheers,
-ys