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Talk:Role/Vocab
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Additional Roles for the Role Module
Default Roles Needed
form
- currently, the closest concept is the XHTML role "
search
". However, not all forms are search forms. It is imperative that users be able to not only quickly access the search function in a document, it is equally imperative that users have a means of sorting and organizing forms, especially hybrid forms.- example of hybrid form, the MediaWiki content management form.
refnote
- currently, there is a single, generic means of designating a "
note
", whichindicates the content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource
. Thenote
role, therefore, could be used to denote insertions into quoted text or stage directions within dialogue, if 2 additional default roles are added:refnote
, which designates a referential note, which provides information directly related to the main text, and; annote
- designates an anotative note -- that is, information about the source of a section of text.
Examples
Example 1: the disambiguation of an individual who is referred to in the original Q
by pronouns using SPAN
with the "role"
of note
<p>According to Foote, <q>By the time he <span role="note" >[J.E.B. Stuart]</span> reached Lee's headquarters at Gettysburg, the tide of battle had turned against the Confederates, due in no small part to his <span role="note">[Stuart's]</span> failure to provide Lee with intelligence as to the disposition and movements of Federal troops the entire first two days of the three-day battle.</q> </p>
Editorial Changes
Currently, the definition of the default roles in the XHTML Role Module contained in Section 3.1 of the Vocabulary Document, contains a repetition of the term being defined. Since the two other definition lists do not use the term being defined as the first word in the definition, the following is an attempt to "harmonize" the definitions.
- contains the prime heading or internal title of a page.
- complementary
- indicates that the section supports but is separable from the main content of resource.
- contentinfo
- contains meta information about the content on the page or the page as a whole.
- definition
- indicates the definition of a term or concept.
- main
- acts as the main content of the document.
- navigation
- indicates a collection of items suitable for navigating the document or related documents.
- note
- indicates the content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.
- search
- indicates that the section provides a search facility.
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