- From: Dave Crossland <dave@lab6.com>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 17:56:37 +0200
- To: "www-font@w3.org" <www-font@w3.org>, "public-webfonts-wg@w3.org" <public-webfonts-wg@w3.org>
On 2 June 2010 17:17, Håkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com> wrote:
> Also sprach Tal Leming:
>
> > <extensions>
> > <group>
> > <!--
> > The author wants the UI to show:
> >
> > EU Greeting:
> > Message: Hello!
> > Date: 2010-06-01
> >
> > With an appropriate language chosen from the
> > English, Dutch and French localizations.
> > -->
> > <name lang="en">EU Greeting</name>
> > <name lang="nl">EU Groet</name>
> > <name lang="fr">EU Salut</name>
> > <item>
> > <name>
> > <text lang="en">Message</text>
> > <text lang="nl">Bericht</text>
> > <text lang="fr">Message</text>
> > </name>
> > <value>
> > <text lang="en">Hello!</text>
> > <text lang="nl">Hallo!</text>
> > <text lang="fr">Bonjour!</text>
> > </value>
> > </item>
> > <item>
> > <name>
> > <text lang="en">Date</text>
> > <text lang="nl">Datum</text>
> > <text lang="fr">Date</text>
> > </name>
> > <value>
> > <text lang="en">2010-06-01</text>
> > <text lang="nl">2010-06-01</text>
> > <text lang="fr">2010-06-01</text>
> > </value>
> > </item>
> > </group>
> > </extensions>
> >
> > Granted, this is verbose.
>
> Yes. There's much repetition. How about:
>
> <ext lang=en>
> EU Greeting:
> Message: Hello!
> Date: 2010-06-01
> </ext>
>
> <ext lang=nl>
> EU Groet
> Bericht: Hallo!
> Datum: 2010-06-01
> </ext>
>
> <ext lang=fr>
> EU Salut
> Message: Bonjour!
> Date: 2010-06-01
> </ext>
>
> This is the minimalist in me talking, I can probably live with more
> structure, but my experience is that schemas with much structure tend
> to be less understood and, consequently, less used.
Eww no, way to laconic.
I am aware this may be too many levels deep, but I'd like to suggest:
<extensions>
<group>
<set lang="en">
EU Greeting
<item>
Message
<value>Hello!</value>
</item>
<item>
Date
<value>2010-06-01</value>
</item>
</set>
<set lang="nl">
EU Groet
<item>
Bericht
<value>Hallo!</value>
</item>
<item>
Datum
<value>2010-06-01</value>
</item>
</set>
<set lang="fr">
EU Salut
<item>
Message
<value>Bonjour!</value>
</item>
<item>
Date
<value>2010-06-01</value>
</item>
</set>
</group>
</extensions>
Received on Wednesday, 2 June 2010 15:57:35 UTC