[tei-council] updated facsimile odd

[Daniel O'Donnell]

On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 11:41 +1200, Conal Tuohy wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 16:47 -0600, Daniel O'Donnell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:17 +1200, Conal Tuohy wrote:
> > > If the image is 100px wide, that would mean
> > > rendering it 100px wide. However, the real-world dimensions of that will
> > > vary depending on the resolution of the rendering device: on a computer
> > > monitor that might be a few cm across, whereas on a laser printer it
> > > would be more like a few mm. I think it's clear that the measurement
> > > units used here should not make assumptions about the resolution of the
> > > end-user's display device. That should be a matter for presentation
> > > software.
> 
> > In our more limited P5 world, the reference is still to the original
> > graphic rather than the rendition device. 
> 
> Well it seems to me Lou was stating precisely the opposite - that
> graphic/@width and @height specify the desired OUTPUT dimensions, and
> definitely NOT the width and height of the image file itself.

This seems to me worth straightening out. David or John W., any
opinions?

> 
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Daniel Paul O'Donnell, PhD
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