FW: Plain text techniques: can a heading end the content?

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> From: <Sofia.Celic@nils.org.au>
> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:32:37 +1100
> To: <lguarino@adobe.com>
> Subject: Re: Plain text techniques: have your comments been addressed?
> 
> 
> Hi Loretta,
> 
>> Re:
>> Technique: Using standard text formatting conventions for headings
>>    http://tinyurl.com/lhgxa
>>    Comments:
>> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/131techniques/results#xtexthead
>> Headers can occur at the end of content if they are defining sections that
>> happen to be empty. Does the additional explanation make this clearer? And
>> the Text Email Newsletter Standard may also provide sufficient techniques
>> for plain text documents; these lists are by no means exhaustive.
> 
> I still don't believe a heading can be at the end of content. If the
> section is empty then either the heading shouldn't be there or it should
> contain a statement under the heading such as "This section does not apply
> under these circumstances". It is poor usability to start with and many
> users would believe the page didn't load properly.
> 
> I don't believe the SC "how to meet" doc or this technique suggests there
> are other plain text conventions for headings (or any other structure).
> 
> 
> The other techniques look fine to me in regard to the comments I made in
> the surveys.
> 
> Thank you
> Sofia
> 
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> |         |           Loretta Guarino  |
> |         |           Reid             |
> |         |           <lguarino@adobe.c|
> |         |           om>              |
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> |         |           26/02/2006 08:13 |
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>   |       To:       Sofia Celic <Sofia.Celic@nils.org.au>
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>   |       Subject:  Plain text techniques: have your comments been addressed?
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> 
> 
> 
> Team B is trying to determine whether your comments have been properly
> addressed for the following SC 1.3.1 techniques and failures. Could you
> please let us know by noon EST pm on Tuesday, Feb 28?
> 
> If you have trouble with the tinyurl links, you should also be able to get
> to the technique from the survey item description.
> 
> Thanks, Loretta
> 
> 
> Technique: Using standard text formatting conventions for paragraphs
>     http://tinyurl.com/lhgxa
>    Comments:
> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/131techniques/results#xtextpara
> 
> 
> Technique: Using standard text formatting conventions for headings
>    http://tinyurl.com/lhgxa
>    Comments:
> http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/131techniques/results#xtexthead
> Headers can occur at the end of content if they are defining sections that
> happen to be empty. Does the additional explanation make this clearer? And
> the Text Email Newsletter Standard may also provide sufficient techniques
> for plain text documents; these lists are by no means exhaustive.
> 
> Failure: Failure due to using white space characters to format tables in
> plain text content
>    http://tinyurl.com/ovz5z
>    Comments: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/gl13feb8/results#x131fail1
> 
> Technique: Failure due to using white space characters to create multiple
> columns in plain text content
>    http://tinyurl.com/pd4k2
>    Comments: http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/35422/gl13feb8/results#x131fail2
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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