Re: Point vs Range/Area Selectors?

Hi Rob,

Point based selection seems like a good idea. This would allow for what is
essentially a "targetless" annotation, e.g., "begin reading here", that
targets a single point in a text. I think that this is a similar case to
highlighting.

We probably only need a recommendation on how to use range/area selectors
for this rather than developing an extension for it.

Regards,

Jacob

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Robert Sanderson <azaroth42@gmail.com>wrote:

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> Dear all,
>
> Recently in a matrix of functionalities provided by different annotation
> systems, I saw an entry:
> * Point Based Selection
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> This was distinguished as a single point in an image (eg x,y but 0 w and
> h) or a single position in a text stream (eg a selector with an offset, but
> 0 length)
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> Is it important in the Open Annotation model to have Point selectors, or
> should we have a recommendation in the specification to use the range/area
> selectors with 0 height/width/length?
>
>  Thanks for your thoughts on this!
>
> Rob
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