Is #ruby necessary, or #ruby-non-nested sufficient?

[palemieux]

Is there a use case in subtitles/captions for ruby text [that] is applied to other ruby text which is applied to base text, and so on, recursively.

[css-meeting-bot]

The Working Group just discussed Is #ruby necessary, or #ruby-non-nested sufficient? #2.

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<nigel> Topic: Is #ruby necessary, or #ruby-non-nested sufficient? #2
<nigel> github: https://github.com//issues/2
<nigel> Nigel: I was able to ask someone from NHK in Japan about this yesterday and he provided
<nigel> .. a data point that in his opinion ruby on ruby is never used. He did think there may be a
<nigel> .. use case for textEmphasis on ruby though.

[palemieux]

See w3c/imsc#257