- From: Tim Bagot <tsb-w3-style-0005@earth.li>
- Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:08:18 +0000 (UTC)
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
At 2002-11-13T01:53+0200, Christos Cheretakis wrote:- > > The upper-greek and lower-greek list styles in the WD do not represent > > numbering systems - they are alphabetic list styles, and I have seen both > > of them used in English text. > > > > I'm not sure I understand the difference in use of those two. How > could they be used in english text? Numbering what? They wouldn't be > used in greek anyways :) An alphabetic system just uses the letters of a certain alphabet in order - it is not (necessarily) a system used for the representation of numbers in any other context. It's analogous to the difference between lower-roman and lower-latin. upper/lower-greek are rare in English (especially upper), and not used for any particular purpose (AFAIAA). Possible uses include:- * Some mathematical contexts, where numbers or English letters might be confusing. * Deeply nested lists. * Disambiguation of separate lists at the same level. (Less useful where styling is not guaranteed) * Footnotes Tim Bagot
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