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Subject: [xtm-wg] Re: Re : Style Guide for XTM specs
Bernard Vatant wrote: > > <Murray> > I agree entirely on the complexity of communicating in one language, much > less in many. We do have problems in our current usage that must be fixed, > but I must respectfully disagree on the solution you propose, which relies > too much on font formatting. > ... I'm discussing with Sam the idea of creating some custom markup and an > XSLT stylesheet that would translate it into XHTML. Our big problem is lack > of time to create tools. There are very few working days between now and > mid-January to test out unknown processes. The last one was simply a crunch > to get done on time, and none of us have much time to spare in development > of processes. Seems a classic IT problem... > </Murray> > > The "font" solution was just a suggestion, and I agree with you it's not > the best one, and all your technical objections make sense. All I pointed > out if that we have to find some effective ways to make a distinction > between language and meta somewhere. Markup solutions are indeed the final > weapon, but I must aknowledge they will not be developed in a blink. But yesterday I did have a very generous offer to develop some XSLT style sheets for transforming custom markup into something usable by HTML browsers. I'm hoping we can use a real markup solution that will simplify both my editing tasks as well as allow for submissions in markup that won't rely on so much hand-editing. More on this later (news at 11, etc.). Murray ........................................................................... Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey <mailto:altheim@eng.sun.com> XML Technology Center Sun Microsystems, 1601 Willow Rd., MS UMPK17-102, Menlo Park, CA 94025 In the evening The rice leaves in the garden Rustle in the autumn wind That blows through my reed hut. -- Minamoto no Tsunenobu -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eGroups eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/337252/_/977339220/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com
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