Re: 3.2.b Locators in attributes or elements?

At 03:05 PM 02/21/97 GMT, Henry S. Thompson wrote:
>>  3.2.b Should the locators of a general link be packaged in attributes
>>  as in HyTime, or as child elements as in the initial draft? 
>
>I liked the child elements approach, especially as that means many
>(most) of the attributes in each locator sub-element will be the same
>as ones in in-line link elements (or whatever they are to be called).

There is one syntactic advantage i see to the element approach: It provides
a way to attach additional information to each linkend. If, for example, the
user wants to add an explainer^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H label to each linkend,
it's a lot cleaner to do it with subelements:

<LINK-MONO TYPE=COMPARISON>
   <LINKEND ROLE=AUTHOR 
            HREF="http://www.ebt.com//u/sjd/bio.htm">
   <LINKEND ROLE=TEXT1 
            HREF="http://lit.org//milton/paradise_lost.htm#27966"
            LABEL="In this passage Milton clearly alludes to D. Steele.">
   <LINKEND ROLE=TEXT2 
            HREF="http://lit.org//dsteele/yet_another.htm"
            LABEL="See, they both talk about people.">
</LINK-MONO>

Try combining them LABELs into one element! Obviously doable by introducing
internal syntax (prohibit semicolon or something and pack 'em up). But ugly.

Steve

Received on Friday, 21 February 1997 13:02:22 UTC