[tei-council] naming names again (<precision> and <certainty>)

[Daniel Paul O'Donnell]

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Daniel Paul O'Donnell wrote:
>> though. We're really introducing the ability to use xpath2. @target 
>> is simply a URL shorthand for //*[xml:id='x']/. Mixing syntaxes and 
>> dividing paths over multiple attributes like this should, IMO, really 
>> be seen as poor practice, however convenient it might seem.
>>   
> saying <certainty match="//*[xml:id='x']/ ">
> is readable, though? the word does seem
> to convey the "path" semantics too
>
I agree Sebastian. @match is a nice compromise that catches the two ways 
we are thinking of using it. It won't be silly if we add it to our 
pointers later and it does allow people to see how @target and @match 
work together. Maybe I wasn't being enthusiastic enough in saying I 
could live with it. I could even grow to have some fondness for its ugly 
mug.

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