Hi Eliot,
I agree with the semantic of the registers, that is fine with me. But wouldn´t I just tag the corresponding text as <register>text</register> and let the style sheet create the overline.
The symmetry argument feels to much like formatting to me but on the other side a lot of DITA elements are kind of formatting may and symmetry could be an argument to be future-proof.
BR Thilo
-----Original Message-----
From: Eliot Kimber [mailto:]
Sent: Dienstag, 16. Juli 2013 15:18
To: Buchholz, Thilo
Cc: dita
Subject: Re: [dita] Review of Proposals 13010 and 13031
Overline is not restricted to formulas, that's just one obvious use.
Overline is a common convention in semiconductor content to indicate details
about registers and pins and whatnot. You can also see it as providing
symmetry with underline and line-through, that is, providing the third
option for where a line can go relative to the characters.
Cheers,
E.
On 7/15/13 1:35 AM, "Buchholz, Thilo" <> wrote:
> Hello Eliot,
>
> I did review both proposals they are well done and I am fine with them.
>
> The only question I had was about the semantics of ³overline² in proposal
> 13031. If this is restricted to formulas I would prefer not to allow it
> outside of the mathml integration.
>
> BR Thilo
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