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Re: Just a Little Explanaton for Veering (RE: Blueberry/Unicode/ XML)

• From: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 17:05:17 +0800

> > There is no English word for Ruby (except the more general term
"Interlinear
> > annotation" which does not capture it.)

 From: "Peter Flynn" <peter@s...>
> Glosses come close.

Yes.  Actually, I would have preferred if ruby was gloss as part of
a general annotation element, but the i18n and HTML WG decided to
limit it to a format-related element rather than a logical element.
Also, gloss perhaps tends to evoke some idea of commentary, while
a ruby text seems to be for companion pronunciation/spellings mostly.

I still think this is unfortunate, but it would have been too difficult to
get passed through all the interested parties, I gather.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe

• References:
  • RE: Just a Little Explanaton for Veering (RE: Blueberry/Unicode/ XML)
    • From: Don Park <donpark@d...>
  • RE: Just a Little Explanaton for Veering (RE: Blueberry/Unicode/ XML)
    • From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
  • Re: Just a Little Explanaton for Veering (RE: Blueberry/Unicode/ XML)
    • From: Rick Jelliffe <ricko@a...>
  • Re: Just a Little Explanaton for Veering (RE: Blueberry/Unicode/ XML)
    • From: Peter Flynn <peter@s...>

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