[tei-council] surfaces, surfaceGrps, etc. [was : minutes/release deadline]

[Lou Burnard]

... though I have just noticed that the definition for @points actually 
says it "identifies a non-rectangular area *within the bounding box
specified by the other attributes*  by specifying
a series of pairs of numbers ... "

I would like to rephrase that as "identifies a polygon of any shape 
using the co-ordinate system specied by its parent surface" for 
consistency with the rest.

Note that you could use @points to define a rectangle of course.



On 20/11/11 14:28, Lou Burnard wrote:
> But we do explicitly allow a rectangular zone which is not included
> within the bounds of its parent surface. The only restrictions are that
> the zone must be defined using the same coord system as the surface. And
> that if the zone contains a graphic, the zone must define the whole
> space represented in the graphic. So why should non-rectangular zones be
> any different ?
>
> But I agree that we dont need @points on<surface>. It should probably
> be taken out of att.coordinated and locally defined.
>
>
> On 20/11/11 11:28, Laurent Romary wrote:
>> That's my understanding as well, even if I think I am missing some of the details here (I have not managed to conceptualize things, which is needed for me to think...)
>>
>> Le 20 nov. 2011 à 12:12, Sebastian Rahtz a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>> On 20 Nov 2011, at 00:27, Martin Holmes wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think we agreed that since<surface>   is always establishing a
>>>> coordinate system, and a coordinate system must always be rectangular,
>>>> we don't need @points on<surface>, only on<zone>.
>>>>
>>>> That gives us the rather odd possibility of a non-rectangular<zone>
>>>> which contains a<surface>   that must have a rectangular coordinate
>>>> system, though.
>>>
>>> I'd rather think  of<surface>   defining the extent of a two-dimensional
>>> grid, and<zone>   as describing polygon areas within that. Then my
>>> head does not hurt so much.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> Laurent Romary
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>>
>>
>>
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