[tei-council] rendition, rend, and style

[Dan O'Donnell]

Thinking about the option presented so far, I have a modified option. I
still prefer option A. But I like the idea of html:style for real CSS.

I think there is a fair bit of anecdotal evidence that people would like
the idea of being able to describe the output rendition. But I suppose
it does raise the question of whether that is a structural issue or not
something better handled by stylesheets.

-dan


On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 09:08 +0100, Lou Burnard wrote:
> >
> > Incidentally, if we go with B. and style classes are defined in 
> > <rendition> elements of the TEI Header, then we could add an attribute 
> > to <rendition> that indicates whether the "target" of this rendition 
> > "class" is the source text or the output format.  The @style attribute 
> > would remain ambiguous in terms of source/output, but this ambiguity 
> > could be addressed and clarified in the <encodingDesc>.
> 
> Why would you want to use e.g. CSS to describe the *original* rendition? 
> surely it lacks many features you'd need (nothing about page layout, for 
> example) and has too many irrelevant ones (because it assumes you are 
> going to render it on a screen)?
> 
> To my mind it makes sense to keep @rend with the proviso that it's for 
> describing the original. If we add @style (and I'm not yet convinced 
> it's a good idea) it should refer only to desired output.
> 
> Mixing input/output definitions within <rendition> doesn't bother me 
> particularly, though.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > Once I hear back from others on the Council, I'll proceed with a more 
> > formal document on this topic.
> >
> > John
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