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Subject: Re: [docbook] DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 15 July 2009
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 -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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