RE: [cgmo-webcgm] POLL ISSUE - text style properties (part 1 - character-height)

[Dieter Weidenbrück <dieter@itedo.com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cruikshank, David W [mailto:david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:42 PM
> To: CGM Open WebCGM TC
> Subject: [cgmo-webcgm] POLL ISSUE - text style properties (part 1 -
> character-height)
> 
> 
> All,
> 
> This issue is similar to the stroke weight issue.
> 
> What should WebCGM say about the allowable values and treatment 
> of the character height style property of WebCGM set through the DOM?
>    a)  Limit value of both NVCC and relative scale to >0?
>    b)  Allow zero values for both NVDC and relative scale and 
> adopt CGM conventions?
> Recommendation a)
> 
> Summary
> 
> Currently the WebCGM 2.0 DOM chapter has a restriction of the 
> allowable values for character height.  It limits the relative 
> scale stroke width to >0%, but doesn't address absolute NVDC as 
> far as I can tell.   Both the CGM standard (informative Annex D) 
> and the WebCGM 2.0 Profile says the treatment of a zero-valued 
> Character Height Attribute Element is "minimum available".
> 
> thx...Dave
> Technical Fellow - Graphics/Digital Data Interchange
> Boeing Commercial Airplane
> 206.544.8876, fax 206.544.9590
> david.w.cruikshank@boeing.com
> 
>