loss of data warning prompt text for techs

aloha, y'all!

in fulfillment of an action item from the june 2001 f2f in amsterdam

<QUOTE>
JT: moving on to 1.2 -- comments?

JR: this may not be reversible?

CMN: if take something and convert it, you may not be able
to convert it back to what it originally was; point is that
the minimal conversion -- stuff with structure dumped into
plain text, can't get structure back -- that's the
irreversible bit; in an advanced implementation would track
changes so could be undone

DD: if save as ASCII, going to lose structure; should be a
message to the user such as that in Word that warns that you
will lose information -- suggest use verbiage from Word

GJR: can provide text that pops up when attempting to save
Unicode to ASCII using NotePad in Win2k Pro -- it's of the
"some of the characters will not be able to be stored
correctly/retrieved"

JT: please propose something based on that

// ACTION GJR: provide example warning text //
</QUOTE>

so, based upon the following model, obtained from Word2000:

<MODEL>
raw_au_face2face_minutes_19june2001.asc may contain features that are not
compatible with MS-DOS Text with Layout format. Do you want to save the
document in this format?

  * TO save, click Yes.
  * To preserve formatting, click No.  Then save a copy
    in the latest Word format.

[Yes] [No]
</MODEL>

i am submitting the following:

1. Minimal Warning (just warns the author, but doesn't prompt
   the author with an appropriate action, just serves boilerplate
   text)

<DATA-LOSS-PROMPT1>
WARNING!

foo.html may contain features that are not compatible with
HTML4. Do you want to save the document in this format?

  * To save, select Yes
  * To preserve your markup, select No, then save a copy in
    a more appropriate format

[Yes] [No]
</DATA-LOSS-PROMPT1>

2. More advanced Warning (warns the author, as well as prompting
   the author to choose a more appropriate ML, based upon analysis
   of the code which prompted the dialog)

<DATA-LOSS-PROMPT2>
foo.html contains features that are not compatible with HTML
3.2 - are you sure you want to save this document using this
format, as you may lose some of your markup.

  * To save as HTML 3.2, select Yes
  * To preserve your markup, select No, then save this document
    in a more appropriate format, such as HTML4 or XHTML 1.0

[Yes] [No]
</DATA-LOSS-PROMPT2>

gregory.
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Received on Monday, 23 July 2001 15:04:22 UTC