- From: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:11:28 +0100
- To: "Robert Burns" <rob@robburns.com>
- Cc: wai-xtech@w3.org
On 02/08/07, Robert Burns <rob@robburns.com> wrote: dp > > I differentatiate between markup, explicit to contained content > > (Gregory's > > proposal) and the relationship between markup (xpath expressions) > > that you propose. > > I see. I'm not really proposing xpath expressions. This would simply > involve a DOM attribute and CSS pseudo-class selectors Which IMHO is an algorithmic solution rather than markup. I'm very much in favour of Gregory's plain markup solution. > > An algorithm would suppose that was the intent, is that correct? > > Right. The algorithm would use introspection on the quotation element > to determine it's current state. The author would determine the value > of the DOM attribute by what content model the author employed within > the quotation element. IMHO it's not a content model it's a structural one. If the author gets the structure wrong, your algorithm will fail. rb. > I agree (as an author). I would much prefer to provide quotation > marks through CSS. However, this proposal (which is separate from the > content model algorithm proposal) is to deal with authors and UAs > (Internet Explorer) that prefer to handle quotations with quotation > marks. dp. I'd rather the spec drive implementations than the other way round. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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