RE: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.

["Rowland, Larry" <larry.rowland@hp.com>]

Parameter is also defined in mathematics as are variable and constant.
That is why they were included.  The definitions in DocBook would need
to be appropriately extended.  If semantic accuracy is the goal, it
seemed appropriate to provide markup that applied that was already
available.

I don't feel strongly about this, I was just explaining why I took the
approach I did.

LRR

Larry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Grosso [mailto:pgrosso@arbortext.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 8:12 AM
> To: docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: RE: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.
> 
> 
> > From: Norman Walsh [mailto:ndw@nwalsh.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 16 February, 2005 8:50
> > To: docbook-tc@lists.oasis-open.org
> > Subject: Re: [docbook-tc] Fw: DocBook TC action item.
> > 
> 
> > 
> > | mathphrase ::=
> > | 
> > (#PCDATA|varname|parameter|constant|symbol|superscript|subscri
> > pt|emphasi
> > | s)*
> > 
> > I think I expected (#PCDATA|superscript|subscript|%ubiq)*, but I can
> > see why the others might be useful.
> 
> I, too, was surprised by the others.  
> 
> For example, from
> http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/documentation/reference/html
/parameter
.html
"A Parameter identifies something passed from one part 
of a computer system to another."  I don't see that
belonging in mathphrase.

When designing something simple to be used as a convenience 
at times in place of something more complex that is already 
available, it should be very simple.

If someone can't accomplish the desired equation
using just (#PCDATA|superscript|subscript|%ubiq)*,
then they should use the existing equation markup.
So I'd prefer mathphrase to be very simple.

paul

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