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Re: [ISSUE-34] More in mixing profiles

From: Arle Lommel <arle.lommel@dfki.de>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:32:39 +0200
Cc: Yves Savourel <ysavourel@enlaso.com>
Message-Id: <24A0CB7F-74E5-4B2B-8447-1FFC633C5212@dfki.de>
To: Multilingual Web LT Public List <public-multilingualweb-lt@w3.org>
Hi Yves,

I was hoping you would say that :-) 

-Arle


On Aug 8, 2012, at 14:26 , Yves Savourel <ysavourel@enlaso.com> wrote:

> Hi Arle, all,
>  
> The solution of putting several entries inside a single attribute seems, to me, to have a lot more cons than pros.
>  
> -   The notation is very easy to break (e.g. escaped characters)
> -   You need to synchronization the number and order of the parts, for example deleting the part N of one attribute forces you to also delete the part N in other attributes.
> -   The solution forces a complex parsing of the value, not something easy to work with in XSLT or CSS.
> -   Etc.
>  
> I would be much more in favor of using one <span> element for each entry.
> …or to simply refer to a standoff element where things could be nicely setup.
>  
> -ys


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