DR 11-0033, "WML: Positioning of Emphasis Marks" still not quite resolved to China's satisfaction

[John Haug]

Speaking from Microsoft's position, changing the name of attributes will break compatibility with countless existing documents and multiple existing implementations.  This is not something we can support.

This DR has been open in the nebulous "last call" state for a long time, most recently from the meeting in Brasilia.  (Actually, looking back at old e-mail, perhaps it was closed.)  That lengthy discussion saw input from a number of NBs, driven largely by the East Asian NBs since they had the core knowledge necessary to reach the final text that's in the proposed resolution today.  The only reason this one was re-examined in Copenhagen was because I wanted to change the informal phrase "something like" to "similar to".

This one has been around for a long time, we have input from all interested NBs and I for one would really like to nail this coffin shut.  Perhaps one last look on the next call and that's it?

From: Rex Jaeschke [mailto:rex at RexJaeschke.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 8:56 AM
To: SC 34 WG4
Subject: DR 11-0033, "WML: Positioning of Emphasis Marks" still not quite resolved to China's satisfaction

Some time ago, we closed this DR and then re-opened it. Then last week we closed it again. However, China still has some concerns. See below an extract from private mail to me.

While I sympathize with China's concerns, I think that their proposal to change several enumerations' short names is a breaking change for implementers. That said, standards are allowed to have breaking changes.

Comments please.

Rex




From: Li Ning [mailto:lining at bistu.edu.cn]
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:58 AM
To: 'Rex Jaeschke'

Dear Rex,

I have read your draft minutes. I have a slight different opinion how to explain the emphasis mark. As it may appear at different positions(top, bottom, left, right), it is not a good idea to name it as "underDot". I prefer to name it as "type-1" or "type-2". I made some changes in the table in track mode, I think that you can understand me well.

Best regards,
Ning

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