RE: How to markup paragraphs in legal texts

A related problem, in this area is that of indicating marked up text, which also may be legally mandated, strikethrough, underline, inserted text, deleted text etc.

Dave



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-----Original Message-----
From: Alastair Campbell [mailto:acampbell@nomensa.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 3:02 AM
To: WAI IG <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Subject: Re: How to mark up paragraphs in legal texts

Tobias wrote:
> > The exact numbering is extremely important, including the format. What is the best way to represent this in HTML?

Sean Murphy wrote:
>  Why not <ol> tag?

If the numbering is simple (block after block with no breaks for other elements) the <ol> & list items is good.

However, I'd check with the authoring tool/environment is like, it can get complicated with a manual process for setting/resetting the counter:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/779016/is-it-possible-to-specify-a-starting-number-for-an-ordered-list 

Given that accuracy is vital in that scenario, embedding it in the content might be the safest approach. It really depends how you are creating it, and who will be editing it.

-Alastair

Received on Tuesday, 11 December 2018 15:08:54 UTC