[tei-council] enriching <figure>?

Elena Pierazzo elena.pierazzo at kcl.ac.uk
Wed Nov 18 16:54:47 EST 2009


I actually agree with you Sebastian (no, I'm far from surprised, 
actually very pleased), both on <figure> and on <floatingText>. Not sure 
if there is the possibility of renaming it at this stage, but I wish we 
could.

Elena

Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> 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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Dr Elena Pierazzo

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Dr Elena Pierazzo

Research Associate

Centre for Computing in the Humanities

King's College London

26-29 Drury Lane

London WC2B 5RL


Phone: 0207-848-1949

Fax: 0207-848-2980

elena.pierazzo[at]kcl.ac.uk

www.kcl.ac.uk/cch




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