- From: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 12:46:51 +0100
- To: <beyond-the-pdf@googlegroups.com>
- Cc: Linking Open Data <public-lod@w3.org>, SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org>
Steve Pettifer <steve.pettifer@manchester.ac.uk> writes: > This is a tempting assumption to make, especially if you come from computer > science / maths / physics and related disciplines (as I do). But my experience > in the life sciences is that authors do 'paint' their manuscripts by hand, > painstakingly selecting the font and format for every bit of their document. > Even using the 'semantic' features of wordprocessors (such as 'Heading 1') is > something that's not commonplace. And they never worked anyway, since two pieces of "Heading 1" text could look complete different. I tried to use the features, but they were useless for collaborative work as collaboraters never used them. > So before we get too carried away with expecting people to write HTML > / LaTex or even markup, we'll need to take into account the working > practises of the vast majority of academics outside of the more > 'semantically aware' bits of science. I think the current idea is not to expect people to write in HTML, but to stop preventing them. Phil
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