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

[Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>]

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At 04:32 PM 5/2/2006 -0700, Cruikshank, David W wrote:
>  Confirm your agreement with Ben's assessment of this issue.

I agree with most of what Benoit says.  Exception:  "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".

Our original motivation with Ch.2, which is labelled as informative or 
non-normative, is to give a quickly readable understanding of what WebCGM 
is about.  As I read 2.3.2, I doubt that we could have much less detail and 
still give any inkling of the purpose of the various defined objects -- 
there is only a single sentence per APS type.  I don't mind if we have more 
obvious links to the individual normative sections in Ch.3 (there is only a 
single "This section is informative" at the start of Ch.2).

What does the TC want?

a.) rewrite for less detail
b.) add links to Ch.3 on a subsection or object basis
c.) do nothing
d.) other

I guess I favor #b or #c.

-Lofton.



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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)?"
>
>---
>
>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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