- From: Gregory J. Rosmaita <oedipus@hicom.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 16:29:07 +0000
- To: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net>
- Cc: public-xhtml2@w3.org
aloha, tina! perhaps i should have given more background -- the scenario is an XHTML2-based document which reproduces a printed work as an XHTML2 document -- the "d:" in "d:pagenum" is a reference to a DAISY (http://www.daisy.org/) namespace, and the pagenum value allows one to navigate directly to the pagenum value and allows the user of an electronic version of a text to keep in sync with classmates who are using hard copies of the text -- whether through text-to-speech, highly-magnified on-screen content, or to emboss a copy of the book that retains the pagination information with a braille embosser; in these scenarios, pagination isn't simply stylistic, but informative, and, sometimes, necessary content... i hope that helps contextualize my question, gregory. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, Cogito ergo sum -- whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the reality of human existence. The dictum might be improved, however, thus: Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory J. Rosmaita, oedipus@hicom.net Camera Obscura: http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/index.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Tina Holmboe <tina@greytower.net> To: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <oedipus@hicom.net> Cc: public-xhtml2@w3.org Sent: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:15:30 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: [XHTML2] can separator be used inside p? > On 8 Dec, Gregory J. Rosmaita wrote: > > > <p>This is an exciting part of the story, but this paragraph > > <separator d:pagenum="26" /> > > spans two printed pages. One would most logically use the > > I'm abit lost as to the background for this question. > Pagination of *printed* pages is surely up to the printer stylesheet? > > After all it is impossible for the author to specify on which page > something should end up, as this requires explicit knowledge > of, for instance, the paper size used to print the document? > > Or did I misunderstand the question? > > -- > - Tina Holmboe siteSifter Greytower Technologies > http://www.sitesifter.co.uk http://www.greytower.net > Website Quality and Accessibility Testing ------- End of Original Message -------
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