Re: Border resolution question

[James Clark <jjc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Kathleen Marszalek wrote:
> 
> Is the following FOT valid?:
> 
> <table>
> <table.before-column-border border-present="true"/>
> ...
> <table-cell column-number="1" ...>
> <table-cell.before-column-border border-present="false"/>
> ...
> 
> The DSSSL specification states that:
> 
>     "border-priority: is an integer that determines how conflicts between
> border specifications are resolved. When there are two table-border flow
> objects that apply to a particular segment of a border, then the one that
> has the larger priority shall be used. It shall be an error if there are two
> such table-borders that have the same priority but are not identical. "
> 
> Now, in the above example there are two border flow objects applied to the
> same border segment, they have same prority, and ... are they different
> because they differ by the characteristic of "border-present", or are they
> identical but one is missing and the other not?  How to interpret the
> standard?

>From the proposed TC (http://www.ornl.gov/sgml/wg8/document/1883.htm):

> 12.6.27.7 
>      If there are conflicting borders of equal priority one from a table-border and one from a cell-border, the one from
>      the table-border should win. 


James


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