Re: FM to FM+SGML

[Dan Emory <danemory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lester:
You are quite correct. But, as you point out, it's highly dependent on the
DTD/EDD.
At 10:53 AM 10/11/99 -0400, Lester C. Smalley wrote:
>
>Dan Emory <danemory@primenet.com> wrote (in part):
>
>| 7. Since there is no way for structure rules tables to specify attribute
>|    values, the structure will be invalid until required attributes are given
>|    values. For attributes that are not required, the EDD should specify a
>|    default value wherever possible, particularly if there are
>|    attribute-value-dependent format rules in the EDD.  You can use
>|    Find/Replace to find all occurrences of a particular attribute, and
>|    (optionally) apply a single value to all such occurrences.
>
>I'm sorry Dan, but it is possible for the Structure Rules Table to provide
>attribute values.  In general, I agree with you that it is not a complete
>solution, however I feel this must be clarified, as it can be done and may
>eliminate a great deal _but not all_ of touch-up work later.  It also does
>not provide for 'context sensitive' attribute setting in general but can
>make a big leap forward toward that goal.
>
>Some items can have their attributes set directly, but it is also necessary
>to wait a bit, as it depends on exaclty where in the structure attributes
>are defined.  That is, it is likely that character tags can select the
>atribute value right away, but paragraph tags may have to wait for a later
>'wrapping' before the attribute is allowed.  Of course this is HIGHLY
>dependent on the specific DTD/EDD.
>
>One of the key concepts available in the table is a "qualifier" or to put
>it into my own words, a 'context label'.  When the structure process finds
>element X where element can be any of the allowable items in the first
>column of the table (paragraph tag, character tag, table format tag, ...)
>the table can 'wrap' it into SGML element Y with optional qualifier Z.
>
>This qualifier can then be used to specify an attibute value for subsequent
>layers of structure. Below is a simplified example of a structure mapping
>table that sets attributes:
>
>Wrap this    In this              With this
>ITEM         ELEMENT              QUALIFIER  COMMENT
>--------     --------             --------   --------
>P:bulleted   item                 B          bullet paras -> list items
>P:numbered   item                 N          numbered paras -> list items
>P:numbered1  item                 N          numbered1 paras -> list items
>
>item[B]+     List[Type="bullet"]             'B' items -> list w/Type=bullet
>item[N]+     List[Type="number"]             'N' items -> list w/Type=number
>
>C:italic     Emph[Style="i"]                 character tags -> Emphasis
>C:emphasis   Emph[Style="bi"]                and set the style attribute
>C:bold       Emph[Style="b"]                 so EDD rules will format it
>
>
>I hope this  example help clear up some of the confusion.
>
>- Lester
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