Re: Input to BP 9 http://www.w3.org/International/its/techniques/its-techniques.html#DevUniqueID

Hi Christian,
Lieske, Christian wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I had a look at "Best Practice 9: Provide a way to specify unique
> identifiers".
>  
> My high-level feedback is the following:
>
> 1.
>
> Quote>Provide a way to assign a unique identifier to translatable text.
>
> Should we really have the restriction "to translatable text"? I guess that
> for example having identifiers for
> XML elements which are related to graphics (eg. "img") would be beneficial
> from an i18n point of view as
> well - amongst others since you may want to leverage "translated/localized"
> graphics as well.
>   
agree.
> 2. 
>
> Quote> Make sure the attribute xml:id, or an equivalent attribute, is
> available, at least, the "paragraph" level, for the elements that contain
> translatable text.
>
> I guess we need to clarify what the features of an "equivalent attribute"
> are. Would we simply point to
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/REC-xml-id-20050909/#validation-technologies?
>   

I would rather replace "or an equivalent attribute" with "or a different 
attribute of type ID", to make the feature clear, that is "type ID" 
attribute.

cheers,

Felix

> Why the restriction "at least paragraph" level?
>
> 3.
>
> Quote>In order to most effectively reuse translated text where content is
> reused (either across update versions or across deliverables) it is
> necessary to have a unique and persistent identifier associated with the
> element.
>
> Fromy my point of view, "reuse" is only one of several motivators. Another
> motivator is for example the possibility to trace a text to its use (for
> example in a UI).
>
> Wouldn't "update" or "iteration" be clearer than "update version"?
>
> I guess we need to clarify what the features of a "persistent identifier"
> are.
>
>
> ===
> Cheers,
> Christian
>
> Christian Lieske
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