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Subject: Re: [office] text:meta-field
On 10/30/07, Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote: > Bruce, > > Bruce D'Arcus wrote: > <snip> > >> But the first question I would ask is for an example of a > >> "multi-paragraph spanning" input field. > > > > Patrick, Florian's already posted an example. See top-of-thread. > > > Is Oliver's restating of it: > > > <p>XXX</p> > > <new-input-field|new-meta-field> > > <field-prefix>AAA</field-prefix> > > <p>BBB</p> > > <p>CCC</p> > > <field-suffix>DDD</field-suffix> > > </new-input-field|new-meta-field> > > <p>ZZZ</p> > Equivalent to Florian's example? > > I looked at Florian's example: > > > Sample: > > <p>Comments: <text:meta-field-start/>This is a </p> > > <p>two line comment<text:meta-field-end/></p> > And it looks like an unnecessarily complicated markup model. Can say > exactly what Florian wants to say but it isn't necessary to have > overlapping paragraph (or other) elements to do it. > > Noting that with Oliver's solution, we preserve the ability of an > application to simply render the text content of a paragraph. Yeah, the more I think about it, the more this looks like the territory for inline metadata. E.g. this is a case where you want to tag the literal document content with some semantics. I always assumed a field to be different. > >> It isn't clear to me what a "multi-paragraph spanning" input field > >> would look like? > >> > >> Particularly in a text:meta-field context. > >> > >> I understand what is meant by "multi-paragraph spanning" so I suppose > >> where I stick is input field? Do you mean that the input field could > >> generate content to replace part of the content of one paragraph, any > >> number of other paragraphs and then part of the content of a > >> concluding paragraph? (in continuous order) > > > > This is what's confusing to me, and it goes back to question I earlier > > asked: what *is* a field? > > > Good question. Yes, and perhaps one we finally need to answer ;-) Bruce
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