Planning to update the IncludeRB change proposal [Was: Letter-by-letter (or syllable-by-syllable) (was RE: HTML5 and ruby]

I have updated my IncludeRB Change Proposal [1]. Until now, it mostly 
focused on word-by-word related issues that support the inclusion of 
<rb> in HTML5. Namely: compatibility with existing code and tools, 
ability to identify the ruby base [or base 'word'] via CSS 2.1, 
problems related to use of ad-hoc wrappers such as <span> and metadata 
issues related to accessibility, language tagging etc. 

However, now I have updated the IncludeRB CP to also solve the 
letter-by-letter related details:

[A] Letter-by-letter conformance: The IncludeRB proposal now says that 
there can only be a single adjacent par of <rb><rt> inside a <ruby>. 
Thus

NOTE: An alternative solution could be to simply say that <ruby> should 
not not be used for letter-by-letter ruby unless one also uses <rbc>. 

    Comments on this detail?

[B] Complex ruby: <rbc> and <rtc> should be permitted. However Due to 
the parser differences [2], my CP reinstates only <rbc>. As a matter of 
fact, in Internet Explorer, then <rbc> creates zero problems - the ruby 
looks fine, even if you wrap the ruby base inside <rb>. And in Webkit, 
then the change of content model - [A] - creates a need for <rbc>, as 
it tends to fall apart otherwise. The introduction of <rbc> does not 
allow us to create double sided ruby - but at least it allows us to 
create ruby where the letter-by-letter should be possible to avoid.
    Example of what the suggestion implies:
<ruby>
   <rbc>
      <rb>W</rb><rb>W</rb><rb>W</rb>
   </rbc>
      <rp>[</rp><rt>World</rt><rt>Wide</rt><rt>Web</rt><rp>]</rp
</ruby>
    Question: Should <rbc> be obligatory? Or should it be allowed to 
ommit it? Omitting it works in IE. In my CP, I made it optional.

    Comments?

[C] <rtc> can be introduced in HTML6, and for that reason, my CP says 
that the HTML5 *parser* should be updated to not auto-close the <rtc> 
elemetn when the parser sees <rt> or <rp>.

Feedback of any kind is welcome. If you think you can write a better 
and/or more realistic CP and don't want to cooperate with me in making 
this one better, then please feel free to 'steal' - but it would be 
nice if you tell in your CP that you borrowed some ideas.

[1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/wiki/IncludeRB	
[2] 
http://www.w3.org/mid/20120122134024833859.3dc4f444@xn--mlform-iua.no
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leif h silli

Received on Monday, 23 January 2012 03:09:49 UTC