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Subject: Re: [docbook] Why do formalparas only allow one para?
regards On 07/28/2009 04:02 PM, Kate.Wringe@sybase.com wrote: > > As it stands today, there is a usability problem with formalparas--the > reader is forced to figure out if the paragraph that follows a > formalpara belongs to the formalpara or not. > > The processing instructions > (http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/formalpara.html) for formalpara do > not suggest that formalparas should be visually set apart (e.g., > indented, etc.,) from other paras in the output. > Although it is quite clear that run-in title and para that immediately > follows the title belong together, there is nothing to suggest how to > interpret the following paras (and other elements). > > The reader (and the writer) must figure out whether or not the paras > following formalparas belong to the formalpara or not. This problem > exists even if the writer uses formalparas "properly" and does not > intend the paras following the formalpara to belong to the formalpara. Then think of the semantics from the reader viewpoint when he|she is blind, or using tactile media or audio. formalpara has one para is easy(ier) to keep in the head. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
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