OASIS DocBook TC2

Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-WCAG20-TECHS-20101014/H28.html > > <p>Sugar is commonly sold in 5 <abbr title="pound">lb.<abbr> bags.</p> > <p>Welcome to the <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr>!</p> > > I think that works from an attribute? Maybe they think it works, but I don't. What if the title/expansion requires markup (ruby or an inlinegraphic)? What if it has to be translated so you need to have several variants present? Prose in attributes: bad. Be seeing you, norm -- Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> Decide, v.i. To succumb to the http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/ preponderance of one set of Chair, DocBook Technical Committee influences over another set.--Ambrose Bierce PGP signature

On 16.6.2011 22:20, Norman Walsh wrote: > Prose in attributes: bad. +1 For those who are interested in more background, see http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-i18n-bp/#DevAttributes Jirka -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jirka Kosek e-mail: jirka@kosek.cz http://xmlguru.cz ------------------------------------------------------------------ Professional XML consulting and training services DocBook customization, custom XSLT/XSL-FO document processing ------------------------------------------------------------------ OASIS DocBook TC member, W3C Invited Expert, ISO JTC1/SC34 member ------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenPGP digital signature