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Subject: Proposal for Index, Combining Entries, pp and passim
Hi, It seems to me that the "45pp" example in section 7.8.1 in fact is a translation of the German "45ff". Unfortunately, it is not sufficient to change the example to either "XML 45-48 passim" or "XML, pp. 45-48", because the description of the "text:combine-entries-with-pp" states "As the start number with a pp label, or the appropriate label for the chosen language, using the text:combine-entries-with-pp attribute" This means that we have a restriction for the start number here. We have (at least) to options to resolve this. a) We allows language specific either a start number, or a range. b) We keep the attribute as it is, but explicitly specify that a page range is displayed if the text:combine-entries-with-dash attribute has the value true. Best regards Michael Patrick Durusau wrote: > Dave, > > Dave Pawson wrote: > >> On 16/11/06, Patrick Durusau <patrick@durusau.net> wrote: >> >> >>> > If you could name a reference that applies equally to all nations >>> > I guess that would apply. >>> > >>> I don't know of any reference that applies to all nations but, >>> conceptually I don't see how scattered references to XML on pages 45, >>> 46, 47, 48 could be represented as "XML 45pp" given the absence of an >>> end point for the references. >> >> >> that's a different issue from quoting a single nation reference as >> the reason to change how bib references are handled. >> Are you saying that '45pp' is an idref, or that 45pp is the text content >> for the bib/index reference? >> > In the current specification, the text content is "45pp" to represent an > index entry for XML on pages 45, 46, 47, 48. > > I was citing the reference as I suspected it was their intent to follow > that style. > > But, as Bruce points out, you could have XML 45-48 pp. (as text > content), but that is not what appears in the schema. > > Either way, I suspect that 45pp is simply an error. > > Hope you are having a great day! > > Patrick > >> >>> >>> I don't doubt that other indexing systems exist for denoting ranges that >>> contain references for an index entry. I would be interested in learning >>> of any widely used system that denotes a range of references with only >>> the starting point of the range. >> >> >> The bib system users have been fighting this for years and have a number >> of solutions. If Bruce is listening I'm surprised he hasn't come up with >> ready solutions. I think he's coded this class of problem in XSLT. >> >> If not, he's on the metadata group. >> >> regards >> >> >> > -- Michael Brauer, Technical Architect Software Engineering StarOffice/OpenOffice.org Sun Microsystems GmbH Nagelsweg 55 D-20097 Hamburg, Germany michael.brauer@sun.com http://sun.com/staroffice +49 40 23646 500 http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS
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