Re: [cgmo-webcgm] ISSUE: clarify about effective region

[Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>]

I have implemented this resolution in the Editors' draft.

Having gotten no feedback, I chose "mouse region" as the common term to use 
in all places (and it will be in glossary also).

Okay?

(or ... Objections?  Other preferences?)

-Lofton.

At 09:09 AM 5/17/2005 -0600, Lofton Henderson wrote:
>At 08:27 AM 5/17/2005 -0400, Benoit Bezaire wrote:
>>Friday, May 13, 2005, 3:45:42 PM, Lofton wrote:
>>[...]
>>LH> Proposed clarification:  all of these indeed refer to the same effective
>>LH> region associated with an APS, as defined by 3.2.1.1 and 3.2.2.1:  the
>>LH> 'region' if one is present, else the geometry within the APS (if any).
>>...
>>LH> Does anyone disagree?
>>No, I agree.
>
>How about a common term that we can define and propagate in all of those 
>places (four of 'em, at least):
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>picking region
>effective region
>interaction region
>effective interaction region
>mouse region
>pointer region   [W3C "Events" generalizes mouse to pointer]
>effective pointer/mouse region
>other?
>
>"picking region" is currently used 3.2.1.1, but isn't the most suggestive 
>term, when applied to screentip (mouseover) and the more generalized 
>events stuff in Ch.5
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>-Lofton
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