[xtm-wg] Re: Re : Style Guide for XTM specs

[Murray Altheim <murray.altheim@eng.sun.com>]

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

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Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey     <mailto:altheim&#64;eng.sun.com>
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      The rice leaves in the garden
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