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RE: Can I make my family tree chart

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From: julian.rickards
Date: Jul 24, 2003 6:29AM

Terrence wrote:

> I rewrote the internal style sheet
> of an audio browser which announced the definition of in a
> definition list <DD> simply as "indented text" to "definition
> or explanation of term" to create an audio example.

I think many of us have abused <blockquote> and <dl> in the past to take
advantage of the default appearance of these elements to suit our need for
indenting, etc.

> Now I wonder what Brent Ashworth is thinking about this.

I can almost hear him thinking, "What have I started, it was just a simple
question."

> I do
> not think we have solved his problem clearly about how to
> make a family tree accessible.

It may be that a nested list is the best approach but visually, it does not
entirely follow standard appearance of genealogy trees.

The following is how a default nested list might look.

<nested_lists appearance=default>
- Me
- My father
- My father's father
- My father's mother
- My mother
- My mother's father
- My mother's mother
</nexted_lists>

whereas, with positional CSS, the following appearance could be created
while keeping the above list structure.

<nested_lists appearance=Positional_CSS>
- My father's father
- My father
- My father's mother
- Me
- My mother's father
- My mother
- My mother's mother
</nested_lists>



Another 2 cents.

Jules


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