- From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <henrikn@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:29:08 -0700
- To: <noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com>
- Cc: "Jacek Kopecky" <jacek@systinet.com>, "Martin Gudgin" <mgudgin@microsoft.com>, "Jean-Jacques Moreau" <moreau@crf.canon.fr>, "XMLP Dist App" <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
I don't want to let the positive reactions to the table be affected by what I think is a minor comment about editorial impact. In short, like the table! However, in pretty much all the specs I have been involved in, duplication of normative text has turned out problematic because of tweaks not being applied consistently. You could of course say that we didn't try hard enough but I think this is a case where theory and practice may differ. I am completely open to whether we make the table normative and the prose non-normative, or the other way round but let's stick to one place. Henrik Frystyk Nielsen mailto:henrikn@microsoft.com >Actually, in this case, I think I'd make it normative, or if necessary >modify any prose to avoid inappropriate duplication. If we can't keep >this much in sync, we're not trying, and I think it's of great >pedagogic >value to have this right where new readers will see exactly >what we mean. >I can certainly live with an appendix, but suggest in-line.
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