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Re: bidi
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/ Paul Grosso <pgrosso at arbortext dot com> was heard to say:
First, let me say "thanks" for completing my action item for me :-)
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| Actually, I mispoke here. What we should probably do is
| add a "direction" attribute to the <phrase> element in
| a fashion somewhat parallel to what HTML allows [1]. I
| think <phrase> can be used for this purpose, but I suppose
| we could add a "bidi" element (along the lines of HTML's
| bdo element [2] or XSL-FO's bidi-override element [3]) if
| we don't wish to use <phrase>. Note that this element needs
| to be able to nest within itself.
Having followed the references and dug around a bit, I think we should
add an attribute to indicate directionality. I see no reason to add an
explicit "bidi" element as we already have a suitable container
(phrase).
Paul, you suggest that we add it to "phrase", but I think it might be
more appropriate to simply make it a common attribute. I don't see why
one might not wish to indicate that a paragraph or blockquote or even
a table should be in a specific direction.
Be seeing you,
norm
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