ok, that's a reasonable, concrete suggestion; i will add "conversely, the" as you recommend; concrete suggestions are always so much better than arguing on first principles, don't you think? On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Daniel Weck <daniel.weck@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 29 Jun 2009, at 09:14, Glenn Adams wrote: > >> the "(or transparency)" is obviously a parenthetical remark, and it is >> obvious that the term transparency itself is not used in a normative sense >> anywhere in the document, here it is an aid to the reader >> > > The current text is: > > "The tts:opacity attribute is used to specify a style property that defines > the opacity (or transparency) of..." > > I think that the following minor alteration removes the ambiguity due to > the use of "or": > > "The tts:opacity attribute is used to specify a style property that defines > the opacity (or conversely, the transparency) of..." > > This way, the mathematical relationship is immediately apparent and the > reading flow is improved. To me anyway. > > Ref: > http://www.w3.org/TR/ttaf1-dfxp/#style-attribute-opacity > > and of course DFXP clearly marks normative vs informative sections, >> > > Yes, I scrolled-up to "2.3 Documentation Conventions" and found the > explanation. > > Ref: > http://www.w3.org/TR/ttaf1-dfxp/#conventions > > Regards, Daniel >
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