Re: Implied DPUB-ARIA endnotes

Hello Matt,

WFIW I’ve come across ebooks generated from TEI.2 XML files (which came from scanning and OCR’ing old printed books) which contained footnotes that had footnotes. Not quite the endnotes scenario you mention here, but considering that there are books out there whose footnotes have footnotes I wouldn’t be surprised to see an endnote with a footnote.

I can build you one, if you want to 😉

Having said that, I usually lean towards more restrictive approaches than allowing theoretical minority edge cases. Happy to comment on a PR, if you have a link…

With kind regards,
Jens

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> On Aug 11, 2021, at 21:53, Matt Garrish <matt.garrish@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
>  
> We’re about to publish the first public working draft of the DPUB-ARIA 1.1 module, but there’s one remaining question about endnotes we’re seeking feedback on after it goes out.[1]
>  
> In deprecating the doc-endnote role, assistive technologies can still find the implied endnotes by processing the list(s) within the doc-endnotes section. In this case, there’s no need for the section to include doc-footnote roles within the list items, as currently shown in Example 15.[2]
>  
> More specifically, using the doc-footnote role within the endnotes is potentially confusing for processing, as it becomes less clear whether the list item is an end note or if a separate footnote is being specified. To avoid this confusion, we’re proposing to disallow the use of the doc-footnote role within the endnotes.
>  
> I don’t recall ever seeing endnotes with their own footnotes, but I also know anything is possible in publishing. So before implementing this change, we wanted to make sure that this won’t cause future problems. If you believe it’s realistic to expect to need footnotes within an endnotes section, please add your comments to the pull request and we can look at only recommending not using or noting the potential problem.
>  
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/dpub-aria/issues/38
> [2] https://w3c.github.io/dpub-aria/#example-15
>  
> Matt

Received on Wednesday, 11 August 2021 21:44:52 UTC