action-196 inheritance in the spec

Hi all,

to make inheritance in the spec clearer, I would do the following:

- delete the column "overring", since this doesn't provide any new
information: every data category that inherits information to (element or
attribute) nodes allows for overriding. I would then also delete

"*Overriding* describes whether ITS information can be overridden or not.
Overriding is only applicable for data categories with inheritance.
Overriding thus is not applicable for the
Terminology<http://www.w3.org/International/multilingualweb/lt/drafts/its20/its20.html#terminology>
and
the Ruby<http://www.w3.org/International/multilingualweb/lt/drafts/its20/its20.html#ruby-annotation>
data
category."

And have instead

"Each data category that allows for inheritance also allows for overriding
ITS information."

At the end of section 6.1., I would then add a note like this:

"An application is free to decide what pieces of content it uses. For
example:
- Terminology information is added to a "term" element. The information
pertains only to the content of the element, since there is no inheritance.
Nevertheless an ITS application can make use of the complete element, e.g.
including attribute nodes etc.
- Using "ID value", an ID value is identified for a "p" element. An
application can make use of the complete "p" element, including child nodes
and attributes nodes. The application is also free to make use just of the
string value of "p". Nevertheless the ID pertains only to the "p" element
in question.
- Using "target pointer", a "source" element gets the information that the
translation is available in a "target" element; see Example 61. This
information does not inherit to child elements of "target pointer". E.g., a
"span" element nested in "source" does not have the translation available
in "target". Nevertheless, an application is free to use the complete
content of "source" e.g. and present it to a translator.

Does this help? If yes I'd add it to the spec.

Best,

Felix

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Felix Sasaki
DFKI / W3C Fellow