Re: 3.2.b Locators in attributes or elements?

How would (should?) this work for non-string lables?

Dave

> At 03:05 PM 02/21/97 GMT, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
> >>  3.2.b Should the locators of a general link be packaged in attributes
> >>  as in HyTime, or as child elements as in the initial draft? 
> >
> >I liked the child elements approach, especially as that means many
> >(most) of the attributes in each locator sub-element will be the same
> >as ones in in-line link elements (or whatever they are to be called).
> 
> There is one syntactic advantage i see to the element approach: It provides
> a way to attach additional information to each linkend. If, for example, the
> user wants to add an explainer^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H label to each linkend,
> it's a lot cleaner to do it with subelements:
> 
> <LINK-MONO TYPE=COMPARISON>
>    <LINKEND ROLE=AUTHOR 
>             HREF="http://www.ebt.com//u/sjd/bio.htm">
>    <LINKEND ROLE=TEXT1 
>             HREF="http://lit.org//milton/paradise_lost.htm#27966"
>             LABEL="In this passage Milton clearly alludes to D. Steele.">
>    <LINKEND ROLE=TEXT2 
>             HREF="http://lit.org//dsteele/yet_another.htm"
>             LABEL="See, they both talk about people.">
> </LINK-MONO>
> 
> Try combining them LABELs into one element! Obviously doable by introducing
> internal syntax (prohibit semicolon or something and pack 'em up). But ugly.
> 
> Steve
> 
>

Received on Friday, 21 February 1997 16:03:21 UTC