It remains a fact that unless content is summarised in a suitable form it remains inaccessible. In the UK a significant part of scientific budgeting is set aside for 'copus' http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/scforall/copus.htm The Committee on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) . No one is expecting all members of the public to understand all the details, that is naturally unachievable. However it is recognised that the public has a right to understand what is being funded. jonathan chetwynd IT teacher (LD) j.chetwynd@btinternet.com http://www.signbrowser.org.ukReceived on Saturday, 21 April 2001 03:46:00 GMT
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