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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Zoltan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You’re probably right that there is no meaning in creating overlapping groups, but I’ve often found that when I thought there could never be a good reason for
something, an example of just such a thing arose later. “There are more things in Heaven and Earth ...”
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> So, I believe the best policy is to allow a wide range of practice until it causes a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> mei-l [mailto:mei-l-bounces@lists.uni-paderborn.de]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Komíves Zoltán<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 05, 2014 6:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Music Encoding Initiative<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MEI-L] Grouping of <app>s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello All and Happy New Year,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There's been a discussion about how to group together <app> elements in the past (<a href="http://list-archives.org/2012/07/15/mei-l-lists-uni-paderborn-de/more-precise-app-s/f/7456812281">http://list-archives.org/2012/07/15/mei-l-lists-uni-paderborn-de/more-precise-app-s/f/7456812281</a>
and <a href="http://list-archives.org/2012/07/23/mei-l-lists-uni-paderborn-de/antw-more-precise-app-s/f/3141983676">
http://list-archives.org/2012/07/23/mei-l-lists-uni-paderborn-de/antw-more-precise-app-s/f/3141983676</a>) and I'd like to follow up a bit on the topic. I understand there's been a number of suggestions, one of the last ones being:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><app xml:id="a1"/><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><annot plist="#a1 #a2" type="appGrp"/></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This seems a very suitable solution to the problem, but here's my question. W</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ith this practice it's possible to define
overlapping groupings:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><app xml:id="a1"/><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><annot plist="#a1 #a2" type="appGrp"/></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I might be shortsighted, but I cannot think of a much meaningful use case for this scenario. Do you think such encoding should be forbidden/discouraged? Or perhaps someone
can pinpoint a meaningful use case?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Zoltan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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