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List:       mozilla-i18n
Subject:    Re: New Bidi layout and gfx code
From:       "Robert O'Callahan" <roc+ () cs ! cmu ! edu>
Date:       2000-06-12 21:05:33
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Erik van der Poel wrote:
> Whether the DOM tree is initially created that way or later modified,
> we still don't have a definitive answer to the question of DOM
> compliance. Let's see what comes out of W3C. We need to know whether
> it's legal to split DOM text nodes for bidi presentation.

From
http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2/introduction.html
> One important property of DOM structure models is structural
> isomorphism: if any two Document Object Model implementations are
> used to create a representation of the same document, they will
> create the same structure model, in accordance with the XML
> Information Set [Infoset].

So it's either illegal, or it's a requirement. And I don't read anything
that says it's a requirement, so I conclude it must be illegal.

Rob
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[Robert O'Callahan http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~roc 6th year CMU CS PhD student
"Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in
front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and
asked, 'Are you for us or for our enemies?' 'Neither,' he replied, 'but
as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.'" - Joshua 5:13-14]

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