Re: [docbook] DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 15 July 2009

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

On 07/20/2009 10:18 PM, Mimil Mimil wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just have a little comment on  8.Publishing Subcommittee report ...  
> Scott suggests everyone read it and provide comments.
>
> With an external view (no knowledge of publishing) I wondered what is 
> the real motivation to have 3 distinct elements (dialogue, drama, 
> poetry) because they seem to have the same goal "speeches" and also 
> have the same xml definition in the spec 
> (http://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/specs/publishers-1.0-spec-cd-01.pdf)
> If the definition is the same, isn't the role attribute sufficient 
> within a single dialogue element?
> Or is it a choice made to simplify the stylesheet work as these 
> elements really need a different printing layout?
>
> Best regards,
> Cédric,

With some (not a lot) of experience in marking up both poetry and drama, 
I can state
that they are quite different in some ways, particularly if certain 
aspects of the visual
presentation of the source is required to be captured.




regards

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