regards On 07/28/2009 04:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:

As it stands today, there is a usability problem with formalparas--the
reader is forced to figure out if the paragraph that follows a
formalpara belongs to the formalpara or not.

The processing instructions
(http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/formalpara.html) for formalpara do
not suggest that formalparas should be visually set apart (e.g.,
indented, etc.,) from other paras in the output.
Although it is quite clear that run-in title and para that immediately
follows the title belong together, there is nothing to suggest how to
interpret the following paras (and other elements).

The reader (and the writer) must figure out whether or not the paras
following formalparas belong to the formalpara or not. This problem
exists even if the writer uses formalparas "properly" and does not
intend the paras following the formalpara to belong to the formalpara.

Then think of the semantics from the reader viewpoint when he|she is
blind, or using tactile media or audio.

formalpara has one para is easy(ier) to keep in the head.


regards




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Dave Pawson
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