[tei-council] @rend in Lite

[Martin Holmes]

Aye.

On 12-08-06 06:29 AM, Lou Burnard wrote:
> I'm thinking  of adding the following para to Lite, where @rend is
> discussed:
>
> "
> <p>The global <att>rend</att> attribute can be attached to any element,
> and used wherever necessary to specify details of the highlighting used
> for it. For example, a heading rendered in bold might be tagged
> <code>&lt;head rend="bold"&gt;</code>, and one in italic
>          <code>&lt;head rend="italic"&gt;</code>.
> </p>
> <p>The values to be used for the <att>rend</att> attribute are not
> specified by the TEI Guidelines, since they will depend entirely on the
> needs of the particular project. Some typical values might include
> <code>italic</code>, <code>bold</code>, <code>sup</code>(erior)
> <code>smcap</code> etc. for font variations; <code>centre</code>,
> <code>right</code> etc. for alignment; <code>large</code>,
> <code>small</code> etc. for size. Several such words may be used in
> combination as necessary, but no formal syntax is proposed. The full TEI
> Guidelines also provide more rigorous mechanisms, using other W3C
> standards such as CSS, as an alternative. </p>
>
> All in favour?
>