RE: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d5: 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types

["Cruikshank, David W" <david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com>]

 Confirm your agreement with Ben's assessment of this issue.

Thx...dave


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-----Original Message-----
From: Benoit Bezaire [mailto:benoit@itedo.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:36 AM
To: CGM Open WebCGM TC
Subject: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d5: 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types

CL wrote: "[[[ 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types para - (paragraph) an
APS type to facilitate text search within graphics, in cases such as
multi-element, multi-line text, and other cases (e.g., polygonized text)
where text search might otherwise be difficult (or impossible).]]]
   
Is that a block, in terms of bidi and in terms of text to speech? Is
subpara a block or an inline (span)?"

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Interestingly enough Chris' comment comes in after reading section
2.3.2 and not 3.2.1.3

To me, this identifies a problem in the spec. Either we have duplicate
information (that's my opinion, I think 2.3.2 is saying too much) and/or
we should like from 2.3.2 to the _real_ definition of all these APS
(i.e., 3.2...). 

Now, assuming a reader has the same question after reading 3.2.1.3 and
3.2.1.4...  Note: my understanding of RESTRICTED TEXT and APPEND TEXT is
limited.

Q: Is that a block, in terms of bidi and in terms of text to speech?
A: 'para' is not a text element, it is a grouping mechanism which allows
certain object attributes; more specifically the 'content'
attribute for this particular object type (see 3.2.1.3). RESTRICTED TEXT
and APPEND TEXT define the WebCGM text features (see T.19.5, T.19.6). 

Q: Is subpara a block or an inline (span)?
A: 'subpara' like 'para' is not a text element, but a grouping object
which allows for the 'content' attribute to be specified. (see
3.2.1.4)

Regards,

-- 
 Benoit   mailto:benoit@itedo.com

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