Re: [ACTION 177] Preserve Space

Very good point, Yves - the mention of HTML. Actually, it seems we cannot
apply this data category to HTML5. See

http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-html-polyglot-20120329/#disallowed-attributes

If I am reading this correct. So we probably should say "this data category
is not applicable for HTML5 documents".

Felix

2012/8/2 Yves Savourel <ysavourel@enlaso.com>

> Hi Shaun,
>
> One typo: xml:space="preserve" should probably not be in the example for
> global.
>
> (minor) Possible text tweak: In the text with the examples we use
> "whitespace... ...must be treated literally". I see what you mean, but it
> may be more clear to just say "whitespace characters... ...must be
> preserved."
>
> One note: we never say anywhere what are the whitespace characters. Don't
> XML and HTML have different views on this?
>
> Cheers,
> -ys
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun McCance [mailto:shaunm@gnome.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 1:37 AM
> To: public-multilingualweb-lt@w3.org
> Subject: [ACTION 177] Preserve Space
>
> I posted a call for consensus about Preserve Space a couple week ago. This
> is a more fleshed out text for the spec, with examples.
>
> I didn't get feedback on the data category itself, but I think it's
> non-controversial. If nobody objects, I'll add this text to the draft after
> a few days.
>
> ================
>
> = Definition
>
> The Preserve Space data category indicates how whitespace should be
> handled in content. The possible values for the Preserve Space data
> category are "default" and "preserve" and carry the same meaning as the
> corresponding values of the xml:space attribute. The default value is
> "default".
>
> = Implementation
>
> The Preserve Space data category can be expressed with global rules, or
> locally using the xml:space attribute.
>
> GLOBAL: The preserveSpaceRule element contains the following:
>
> * A required selector attribute. It contains an XPath expression which
> selects the nodes to which this rule applies.
>
> * A required space attribute with the value "default" or "preserve".
>
>   Example ##: The Preserve Space data category expressed globally
>
>   The preserveSpaceRule element specifies that whitespace in all
>   verse elements must be treated literally.
>
>   <book>
>    <info>
>     <its:rules xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
>       its:version="2.0">
>      <its:preserveSpaceRule selector="//verse" space="preserve"/>
>     </its:rules>
>    </info>
>    <verse xml:space="preserve">
> 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
>  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
> All mimsy were the borogoves,
>  And the mome raths outgrabe.
> </verse>
>   </book>
>
> LOCAL: The xml:space attribute, as defined in section 2.10 of [XML 1.0],
> maps exactly to the Preserve Space data category.
>
>   Example ##: The Preserve Space data category expressed locally
>
>   The standard xml:space attribute specifies that the whitespace
>   in the verse element must be treated literally.
>
>   <book
>     xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
>     its:version="2.0">
>    <verse xml:space="preserve">
> 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
>  Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
> All mimsy were the borogoves,
>  And the mome raths outgrabe.
> </verse>
>   </book>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Felix Sasaki
DFKI / W3C Fellow