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Re: Outline for Author's Guide
- To: "Edward C. Bailey" <>
- Subject: Re: Outline for Author's Guide
- From: Kendall Clark <>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:01:40 -0600 (CST)
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>>>>> "Edward" == Edward C Bailey <ed@redhat.com> writes:
>>>>> "Kendall" == Kendall Clark <kclark@ntlug.org> writes:
Gary> I'm open to alternate nomenclature, but calling them "TAGS"
Gary> doesn't distinguish the complex ones (eg tables or
Gary> authorgroup with all the proper attributes) from trivial
Gary> tags like <emphasis>
Kendall> Well, the SGML nomenclature is what I use: elements,
Kendall> attributes, entities, etc. <table> is an element no less
Kendall> than <emphasis>, it just happens to be one that can
Kendall> contain others.
Edward> That last sentence is not completely correct; it should
Edward> end with "...it just happens to be one that *must* contain
Edward> others." If you look at the childrem of <emphasis> versus
Edward> those of <table> you'll actually find that <emphasis> can
Edward> have a wider variety of tags within it. The real
Edward> difference is that soemthing like <table> is more
Edward> structured, focused construct. But then, if you take your
Edward> SGML "zoom lens", and zoom back to look at, say, <book>,
Edward> you'll find could make the same argument for that
Edward> tag... :-)
Ed is of course exactly right. I plead "heat of the battle" and all
that.
"must", "can", "may"... what's a few modal slips among friends? :>
<Kendall/>
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