Hello all-
Is there a specific rationale behind allowing both <seq> and <area>
within <par>, but only allowing <area> within <seq> (and not <par>
within <seq>)? I'm facing a situation now where I've got three files
representing the same content in a <div>. Two of these are simple
<area>s within files, but the third is more complicated. One audio file
plays for a while, then two play together, then back to a single file
(all within this particular content <div>). What I really need to do is:
(hope the formatting for this works ok)
div
fptr
fptr
fptr
seq
area
par
area
area
area
... but that's not valid - <par> within <seq> isn't allowed. If there's
not a definite reason for not allowing <par> within <seq>, I'd find it
useful if this change were made in a future version of METS. :-)
In the meantime, I can put a hack in place using nested <div>s with TYPE
attributes implying the <div>s at a certain level represent the same
content rather than a sequence, but it's very much a hack, especially
when elements exist to do what I need just not in the combination I
need. Or is there another way to do this I'm not seeing?
Jenn
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Jenn Riley
Metadata Librarian
Digital Library Program
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library E170
(812) 856-5759
www.dlib.indiana.edu
Inquiring Librarian blog: www.inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com
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