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Subject: Re: [dita] Proposal: Domain for Japanese ruby markup ala HTML5
Eliot, I agree that it probably should be a domain, for the reasons you describe. However, there are other languages where a phonetic "ruby" could be useful. I've seen the same kind of thing in Chinese texts (mostly in language learning aids), and I'm sure there are other uses. So, I would suggest that any specification description not imply that usage is limited to Japanese. Best Regards, Richard ------- XML Press New from XML Press: WIKI: Grow Your Own for Fun and Profit http://xmlpress.net/publications/wiki-how-to-grow On Jan 25, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote: > HTML5 provides an improved version of HTML 4's <ruby> markup, which is > required for Japanese-language documents that include kanji (ideographic) > characters. > > In Japanese, the pronunciation of ideographic characters cannot always (or > often) be known from context. The ideographic characters are annotated with > their phonetic transliteration, a "ruby", which is rendered above or beside > or following the ideographs. This is standard Japanese typography. > > In the context of the DITA for Publishers vocabulary I have defined a direct > copy of the HTML5 markup design, e.g.: > > <p> 探険船シビリアコフ号の北氷洋航海中に撮影されたエピソード映画の中に、一頭 > の<ruby> > <rb>白熊</rb> > <rp>(</rp> > <rt>しろくま</rt> > <rp>)</rp> > </ruby>を射殺し、その子を生け捕る光景が記録されている。</p> > > Implementing this for HTML output is trivial--just copy to output. For PDF > it's a little more work but can be done in XSL-FO. > > <ruby> and its ruby-specific subelements are specializations of <ph>. > > I am proposing this as a new domain simply to keep the vocabulary isolated > so that non-Japanese-language documents need not include this markup. But it > would equally appropriate to add it to the DITA base vocabulary as well. > > The Ruby markup works as expected in most modern browsers and in at least > iBooks for EPUB. I have not tested on Kindle Fire. > > The HTML5 specification for <ruby> is here: > > http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-ruby-element > > The D4P vocabulary module and HTML implementation for the Open Toolkit is > available as part of the DITA for Publishers package, > dita4publishers.sourceforge.net. > > Cheers, > > Eliot > > -- > Eliot Kimber > Senior Solutions Architect > "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" > Main: 512.554.9368 > www.reallysi.com > www.rsuitecms.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dita-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dita-help@lists.oasis-open.org >
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