Re: Re Checkpoint 6.3

Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> 
>   Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> [snip]
> CMN Had written:
>   >    6.6 Allow the author to perform element transformations. [Priority 3]
>   >           For example, to transform visually formatted elements to
>   >           structure elements, or tables to lists.
> IJ:
>   This checkpoint seems to vague to me. I think there needs
>   to be more information about the purpose of the transformations.
>   The techniques emphasize transformation of style elements to structural
>   elements. I realize one may not want to overconstraing the types
>   of transformations, but that would be more useful to start with.
>   The transformation of structure to style (e.g., don't use BLOCKQUOTE)
>   is also helpful.
> CMN:
> I'm not exactly clear what you are suggesting. 

Pick a concrete type (or two) of transformation and reduce the
scope of the checkpoint to that.

> The checkpoint technique
> itself gives two examples based on structural transformations.

Then reduce the scope of the checkpoint to those. And add other
checkpoints for other types. But "transformations" alone doesn't tell
me what I should do.

> Should the
> current techniques exaplin those examples further? Should they include
> transformations which remove mis-used structures? How does the tool know, or
> should such changes be author initiated? The latter seems like a good idea -
> it is something I find very useful in Amaya. Automagically identifying the
> problem seems to be 6.1. Maybe we should cross-reference this to helping the
> author.
> 
> Charles

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Received on Monday, 30 August 1999 19:23:48 UTC