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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Playing with annotations...
At 06:56 20/08/2002, Norman Walsh wrote: ><phrase>Hello World<annotation class="note">A common test phrase</annotation></phrase> > >Simple display of annotations puts them inline: > > Hello World[<a>Annotation</a>] +1, blatent. >Discrete keeps them off the screen by percolating the link up to the >containing element: > > <a>Hello World</a> -0, a little obfuscation. >popup uses JavaScript to make hovering over the link popup a window >containing the annotation. Non-popup doesn't, but uses JavaScript to >popup a new browser window if the user clicks on it. Bleah is how Norm once spelled it I think. javascript and docbook don't mix Norm. >The fifth possibility is "simple, no-popup" with the actual >annotations rendered like footnotes at the bottom of the page, instead >of using a new browser window to display them +0, I could live with that, footnote'ish. >One of the reasons for the experiment was to see if it shed light on >the seven issues that Paul raised[1] when we first started considering >annotations: > >> 1. In paginated output, should annotations be able to be rendered >> as footnotes (e.g., at the bottom of the current page)? If so, how > >Yes. Move my +0 to + 0.1 :-) >> do they interact with footnotes an dother floats? > >I'm tempted to make them footnotes labelled differently and presented >in the same footnote list as other footnotes, either before all the >other footnotes or after them. +0.2 and gaining favour. >> What if it is >> impossible to get the annotated element and the annotation on the >> same page? Do you allow a long annotation to be broken up over a >> page? > >Apply the same rules as footnotes. Makes sense. >> What do you do in the flowing text to indicate some text is annotated? > >Output the label that's used at the bottom of the page. > >> How do you associate a given annotation with a given annotated element? > >For the paginated case, if you're using PDF "popup" features as Mike >showed[2], I think you can go with either the simple or discrete >style. If you're using footnotes, I think the simple style is the way >to go. +1 for simple. >I'm unhappy with the moniker "title" but I didn't try to fix that now. >If you put arbitrary structure in a title annotation, you will >probably get just the text content. +1, KISS principle. >> 7. If an annotation element is contained within a title, does the >> copy of the title in the Table of Contents (or List of XXX) also >> have the annotation? > >No. (IMHO). And mine (Was that serious Paul!) 'Treat as per footnotes' is my favourite now. (Is Paul normally this 'deep' with his questions :-) regards DaveP
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