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Re: [ISSUE-34] Localization Quality

From: Dave Lewis <dave.lewis@cs.tcd.ie>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:55:47 +0100
Message-ID: <50326C13.6000701@cs.tcd.ie>
To: public-multilingualweb-lt@w3.org
Hi Yves,
I think this is difficult to determine in the general case. Pointer 
allows us to define a 'convergence' or 'coexistence' path with HTML 
markup usage we already know about or that someone else might think up 
without requiring a new attribute.

http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-its20-20120731/#domain is a good example 
where ex 49 shows how meta type DC.subject could already be used in a 
similar manner as ITS domain, and hence the use of a pointer serves a 
useful function in allowing both markup functions to co-exist. One could 
image this happening with other proprietary uses of 'meta'.

But perhaps we should look at this on a case by case basis to decide if 
we think the Pointer option represents useful use case for HTML?

cheers,
Dave


On 20/08/2012 15:30, Yves Savourel wrote:
> --- Pointers and HTML
>
> I wonder if the pointers mechanism really make sense in HTML (in general, not just for localization quality): Since HTML is a specific format we shouldn't have to provide a mechanism to map constructs that are equivalent to our its-... attributes.
>
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