[tei-council] outstanding issues in pure odd

[James Cummings]

On 03/10/14 11:07, Lou Burnard wrote:
> On 03/10/14 11:01, James Cummings wrote:
>> Does an alternate with allowText="true" and one child mean that this
>> child is allowed to alternate with text?
> yes. <alternate allowText="true"><elementRef key="foo"/></alternate>
> and  <alternate ><textNode><elementRef key="foo"/></alternate>
>
> mean exactly the same thing. which is one reason for wondering whether
> we need @allowText

Just to make sure I'm clear, surely:

<alternate allowText="true"><elementRef key="foo"/></alternate>

really means:

<alternate >
<textNode/>
<elementRef key="foo"/>
<textNode/>
</alternate>


i.e. text before and after.


> kill it, is my view. 

In principle I'm usually against magic so agree.

-james

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Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
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