[tei-council] is <eg> special as regards whitespace?

[James Cummings]

I'm of the opinion that <eg> is not special as regards 
whitespace. If its definition is to be revised then there could 
be an argument for extending its content model.

i.e. now it allows only character data... which is very much 
*not* the model of 'illustrative example' that I think most 
people would understand. It makes sense only as its roots in ODD 
not is any provision for wider use.

-James


On 29/01/13 17:14, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> One of the effects of implementing those white space rules in my XSL is that
> the contents of <eg> are now treated like any other element, i.e.
> newlines are replace by space etc. This means it is no longer equivalent
> to <pre> in HTML.
>
> So tell me, o wolves, what does the encoding
>
>     <eg>
>     the cat
>     sat on the mat
>   <./eg>
>
> mean?
>
> since the reference page has nothing to say on the matter, I suggest that  i currently
> have no justification to make <eg> always behave as if it had  xml:space="preserve"
>
> so tell me, is <eg> to be a hard-wired exception? if so, we must
> document it, lest the Wrath of McCaskey descend upon us.
>
> (and please, if anyone says, "won't using CDATA [[]] help",
> I shall probably have to eat a stuffed monkey again)
> --
> Sebastian Rahtz
> Director (Research Support) of Academic IT Services
> University of Oxford IT Services
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>


-- 
Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
Academic IT Services, University of Oxford