So do I.
Ulrich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Larson" <>
To: "Cruikshank, David W" <>; "Benoit Bezaire"
<>; "CGM Open WebCGM TC" <>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: re[2]: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d5: 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types
Dave,
I agree with Ben's assessment as written.
Don.
> Confirm your agreement with Ben's assessment of this issue.
> Thx...dave
> Technical Fellow - Graphics/Digital Data Interchange
> Boeing Commercial Airplane
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benoit Bezaire [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:36 AM
> To: CGM Open WebCGM TC
> Subject: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d5: 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types
> CL wrote: "[[[ 2.3.2 WebCGM defined group types para - (paragraph) an
> APS type to facilitate text search within graphics, in cases such as
> multi-element, multi-line text, and other cases (e.g., polygonized text)
> where text search might otherwise be difficult (or impossible).]]]
>
> Is that a block, in terms of bidi and in terms of text to speech? Is
> subpara a block or an inline (span)?"
> ---
> Interestingly enough Chris' comment comes in after reading section
> 2.3.2 and not 3.2.1.3
> To me, this identifies a problem in the spec. Either we have duplicate
> information (that's my opinion, I think 2.3.2 is saying too much) and/or
> we should like from 2.3.2 to the _real_ definition of all these APS
> (i.e., 3.2...).
> Now, assuming a reader has the same question after reading 3.2.1.3 and
> 3.2.1.4... Note: my understanding of RESTRICTED TEXT and APPEND TEXT is
> limited.
> Q: Is that a block, in terms of bidi and in terms of text to speech?
> A: 'para' is not a text element, it is a grouping mechanism which allows
> certain object attributes; more specifically the 'content'
> attribute for this particular object type (see 3.2.1.3). RESTRICTED TEXT
> and APPEND TEXT define the WebCGM text features (see T.19.5, T.19.6).
> Q: Is subpara a block or an inline (span)?
> A: 'subpara' like 'para' is not a text element, but a grouping object
> which allows for the 'content' attribute to be specified. (see
> 3.2.1.4)
> Regards,
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