Re: Thoughts on ruby

Hello Richard,

Re: [1]  
I fixed the EGLS solutions wiki.  Thank you for providing info about
"complex ruby" implementations.

Re: [2] 
As long as rb can be added to HTML5 in a timely manner, I like the 
addition of optional rb elemetns.

Re: [3]  Some people think that nested ruby elements provide 
ruby text on both sides.  This is syntactically allowed, but HTML5 
says nothing about ruby text on both sides.  I do not think that 
it is more complex than "complex ruby" of XHTML Ruby annotation.

<ruby >
  <ruby>東<rt>とう</rt>南<rt>なん</rt></ruby>
  <rt>たつみ</rt>
</ruby>

It is true that nested ruby never achieves arbitrary spanning.  But 
XML is not good at handling concurrent structures from the beginning.

> The
> arbitrary spanning of the XHTML model may be overly complicated for what is
> generally needed in Japanese, but it may prove very useful for other types
> of annotation, such as linguistic glosses of Arabic etc. (which I have seen
> in the wild). 

I see some values, but are they more than the implementation burden (and
possibly inefficiency) of complex ruby?  Some implementers say no
strongly.

Re [4] 
I do not have a strong opinion about jukugo ruby.  But I guess that this 
is not very urgent.

Re [5]
So, do we need "ruby-position: bopomofo-above" and "ruby-position:
bopomofo-right"?

Re [6]
To achieve the bare minimum, you might want finish easier parts.  
Probably, ruby-position first?

Cheers,
Makoto

Received on Saturday, 25 September 2010 04:18:55 UTC