Similar to the previous comment on section 2.3.1.12, wherever the meaning of "left" and "right" their derivatives may be inversed due to right-to-left direction of the concerned element, the names should be changed.
Replace "left" by "lead" and "right" by "trail".
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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment IL-0026 (Modified: 2008-01-04) Agreed; along with the previous issue which raised this for a specific element, we will deprecate and replace existing elements and attributes which expose this directionality bias, specifically: To the following elements and attributes: 2.3.1.12 o ind@left ind@start o ind@leftChars ind@startChars o ind@right ind@end o ind@rightChars ind@endChars 2.4.24, 2.4.25, 2.4.26, 2.4.27 o left start 2.4.29, 2.4.30, 2.4.31, 2.4.32 o right end 3.3.1.27 o dataConsolidate@leftLabels dataConsolidate@startLabels 3.8.27 o left start 3.8.35 o right end As well, to the following enumeration values: 2.18.50 o “left” “start” o “right” “end” 2.18.91 o “left” “before” o “right” “after” 2.18.100 (removing any assumptions about directionality within a single line) o btLr lr o lrTb tb o lrTbV tbV o tbLrV lrV o tbRl rl o tbRlV rlV 3.18.60 o “topRight” “topEnd”
