On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:15:03 -0400
David <> wrote:
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> > For the sake of argument, lets say the author and xml geek
> > sit down together and the author generates plain text, the geek
> > styles it via markup *selected by the author*, if she understands
> > tha italics means a medicine, fine. Then we have something like
> > <medicine s:use-attribute-sets='italics'>Asprin</medicine>
> > I'm choosing xsl-fo syntax for want of anything better.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I'm not entirely sure what your question or intent is here.
> I do find this example intriguing as it is in some ways a simple
> solution to 'overlapping markup' (well, as long as the overlaps start
> and end at the same place :).
> It encodes as 'primary' the semantic markup ( "medicine") and encodes
> as secondary a presentation 'hint' ("italics"). This implies
> elsewhere you might want to have medicine in bold instead ...
Yes, same way that XSLT uses this indirection, simply for efficiency.
>
> But I'm curious what your underlying question or point is. Are you
> asking if this is "good style" ? or "prevalent in the real world?" or
> something different ?
I was asking if any other work has been done in this area.
It's largely been a sacred cow since XML, I no longer take
that view.
regards
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Dave Pawson
XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
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