A Stretchtext Vocabulary

Author: Dorian Taylor
Created: August 23, 2023
Namespace URI: https://vocab.methodandstructure.com/stretchtext#
Preferred Namespace Prefix: stv

This document is an attempt to define a reasonably robust and portable description of stretchtext. Stretchtext is a relatively little-used hypermedia technique for managing levels of detail. Successive levels of detail in a text can be recursively hidden under lower-detail text, subject to user activation.

screen recording of telescopictext.com — Demonstration of now-defunct stretchtext site, `telescopictext.com`.

Classes

At this time, there is only the single class, StretchText.

`StretchText`

This class represents an addressable unit of stretchtext.

Properties:: initial; replace-with; append; prepend

Properties

`initial`

This property denotes the initial value of a run of stretchtext.

Domain:: stv:StretchText
Cardinality:: 1

`replace-with`

When the subject stretchtext is activated, replace the initial value with the object.

Domain:: stv:StretchText
Maximum Cardinality:: 1

`append`

When the subject stretchtext is activated, put the object after the initial value (or its replacement).

Domain:: stv:StretchText

`prepend`

When the subject stretchtext is activated, put the object before the initial value (or its replacement).

Domain:: stv:StretchText