[tei-council] for Council to consider: new datatype

[Lou Burnard]

Fine by me, but
(a) why restrict it to web measurements? there might well be other 
attributes for which we'd want to specify number+units  in a single value.
(b) some of these units look a bit exotic to me : isn't a "rem" a unit 
of exposure to radiation? couldnt find it in css3 anyway

how about data.measure?

"dimension" suggests the axis along which the measurement is made to me, 
not the actual measurement.


Syd Bauman wrote:

> After a huddle over the weekend among me, Sebastian, and Lou, we've
> created yet another datatype. This one is specifically designed for
> the height= and width= attributes of <graphic> and <binaryObject> The
> declaration is 
> 
> data.htmlDimension =
>   xsd:token {
>     pattern =
>       "[\-+]?\d+(\.\d+)?(cm|mm|in|pt|pc|px|em|ex|gd|rem|vw|vh|vm)"
>   }
> 
> That pattern is specifically designed to allow values to map directly
> to XSLFO or CSS3 values. It is a little more restrictive, in that it
> requires that the numeric portion neither start nor end with a
> decimal point (i.e., if there is a decimal point, there must be at
> least one digit on either side). It is a little less restrictive than
> XSLFO in that it permits some units that CSS3 uses but XSLFO does
> not.
> 
> I think this is a fine and dandy datatype, but the more I think of
> it, the more I think the name leaves a lot to be desired. Any
> suggestions? Anyone object to it entirely or to its definition?
> 
> 
> P.S. I plan to post a similar missive about <respStmt> in a day or
>      two. I *really* want Council members to think about this stuff
>      and respond.
> 
> 
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