Ok,
I agree with Benoit's assessment that the purpose is not directly
capture the content of the restricted text elements.
--
Stuart Galt
SGML Resource Group
(206) 544-3656
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cruikshank, David W
> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 4:33 PM
> To: Benoit Bezaire; CGM Open WebCGM TC
> Subject: RE: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d6: 2.3.4 content attribute
>
> Confirm your agreement with Ben's assessment of this issue.
>
> Thx...dave
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benoit Bezaire [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:57 AM
> To: CGM Open WebCGM TC
> Subject: [cgmo-webcgm] Issue CL-d6: 2.3.4 content attribute
>
> CL wrote:
> "Issue CL-d6: [[[2.3.4 WebCGM defined group properties
> content - an attribute of the 'para' and 'subpara' APS, that
> can give a reasonable basis for searching in the case of
> badly structured text within WebCGM instances.]]]
>
> Sounds like alt text, what if this is very different to the
> actual text?
> Risk of it being outdated when the CGM is revised. what does
> 'badly structured' mean here? "
>
> ---
>
> Unlike alt text, WebCGM user agents do not display the
> content of 'content' if the graphical primitives cannot be
> displayed. It's only purpose is to facilitate
> documentation/searching operations.
>
> As for the 'very different to the actual text' question,
> would could add some guidelines similar to the HTML alt text
> guidelines:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#alternate-text
> And definitely put an emphasis on the fact that authors
> should update the 'content' attribute if the graphical
> primitives of the APS are modified.
>
> As for 'badly structured', simply provide an example.
>
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