HTML5 is presenting a new element:; Here is the description of the W3C:
The Ruby element allows to mark one or more spanning content with Ruby annotation. Ruby annotations are short runs of text presented with the original text, mainly used as a guide for pronunciation in East Asian typography, or to include other annotations. In Japanese, this form of typography is also known as Furigana.
Then they go to give some examples of Ruby annotation in the use of Chinese and Japanese texts. I'm thinking: This element will only be useful for pre-Asian HTML documents, or in other western languages like English, German, & lt; Ruby & gt; There are good sense applications for elements, Spanish, etc.?
As a linguist, I & lt; Ruby & gt; An example for marking linguistic instances with various theoretical informational conventions, which comes to mind, shows the level of tone in autozendable phonetics, can be seen in recent webkit / chromium (at least) Here's a quick example:
Currently, this type of notation is left for latex and friends, and if on the web, usually a Non-accessibility F-worthy image.
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