bullet lists

[Jim Mangiafico]

Hello all,

I'd be interested in hearing how people are marking up unnumbered block lists, typically decorated with things like bullets or dashes. We're considering two approaches: putting the list-item markers in the <num> element, or specifying them in the class or style attribute of the list or item. For example,

<blockList>

  <item>

    <num>•</num>

    <p>item one</p>

  </item>

  <item>

    <num>•</num>

    <p>item two</p>

  </item>

</blockList>

or

<blockList class="bullet">

  <item>

    <p>item one</p>

  </item>

  <item>

    <p>item two</p>

  </item>

</blockList>

On the one hand, we would like to avoid "generated text"; that is, we prefer that every character on the page appear in the XML. On the other hand, we would like to avoid using the <num> element for things that aren't really numbers.

What are others doing?

[Ashok Hariharan]

Hi Jim --

This is what I have done using a custom namespace attribute. Though it is probably not the best approach, since the marker is in an attribute rather than element despite appearing on the page: 

<item customns:prefix="•">

    <p>item two</p>

</item>

I did think of using the <num> but it just looked wrong to me. 

Ashok

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[monica.palmirani]

Hi Jim,

I'd prefer this one:

<blockList class="bullet" eId="list_1">

  <item eId="list_1__item_1">

    <p>item one</p>

  </item>

  <item eId="list_1__item_2">

    <p>item two</p>

  </item>

</blockList>

Best,
Monica

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