[tei-council] enriching <figure>?

[Sebastian Rahtz]

fwiw, I can see an argument for <figure> being syntactic sugar <floatingText type="figure">, and so I think I'd go along with Paul. 

Though I may say that when I look at <floatingText>, I think it is misnamed - it does not float. Its beginning and end are anchored to its position in the text. One of the characteristics of a float (or which tables and figures are examples) is that they are often _not_ tied to precise locations in the text, and have a label ("figure 33") to join them. Their position is dictated by the typesetter, not the author; whereas the author completely controls the <floatingText>'s location. 

To my mind there are "<innerText>"s and there are "<float>"s, and they are not the same thing. Whether one can _tell_ when encoding a printed book whether a figure is floated or not is a moot question.

Maybe I have done too much typesetting in my time.

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