[tei-council] Another issue with @pattern

[Laurent Romary]

Thanks for the clarification (in between, I have managed to read all  
messages and I did need the towel around my head...). I like the  
proposal!
Laurent




Le 9 juin 09 à 11:41, Lou Burnard a écrit :

> In message <1F22946A-4F45-4679-8634-3C211214DD41 at loria.fr> Laurent  
> Romary
> <laurent.romary at loria.fr> writes:
>> Hi all,
>> It has been an intense thread which managed to loose me several  
>> times.
>> If we go for a simplified solution like suggested, we should make
>> clear that we will:
>> a) indicate that it is a temporary one in the guidelines
>
> I don't think it's a good idea to introduce something which we know  
> isn't going
> to last.
>
>> b) work towards ensuring a transition mechanism when defining a more
>> ellaborate one
>> As to the pattern mechanisms, it should clearly be part of a more
>> global plan on addressing mechanisms, but this said, it does not
>> prevent us to start thinking on this right away and polish a  
>> proposal.
>
> I think we now have something pretty convincing and useful which  
> addresses the
> generic need for "meta-tagging" like <certainty>. I agree that  
> generalising
> beyond that is a matter for much more detailed work, but there's a  
> clear and
> convincing case for introducing the @pattern mechanism to address  
> the meta
> tagging need. We just need to clarify exactly what that mechanism is  
> and how it
> relates to the existing @target mechanism. As indicated elsewhere, I  
> think we
> should be able to do that in time for the next release
>
>