Re: [web-annotation] ed sugg: textDirection

> Text direction: The base direction of the text in the resource.
> (Note ... base implies the menaing ground/general, while overall, 
would suggest the "only" text direction. I think there are also 
resources which might mix texts, like bilingual forms including fields
 with english + arabic names )

I agree that "overall" may not be required here, although each 
paragraph (as opposed to characters forming its content) really has 
the "only" direction. Base direction stands for the paragraph 
direction / level : 
http://unicode.org/reports/tr9/#The_Paragraph_Level - and apply to 
either unidirectional or bidirectional content.


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