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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 30 00:31:43 +0000 
2008 -------
To support internationalization of this feature, I suggest:

1. Let a user select a text string and tag it as ToA material. Compiling the 
ToA would then copy all these strings together into a table together with their 
(possibly dynamic) page numbers or page ranges. The user would then manually 
categorize, sort, edit, and format the strings as the user wishes, thus being 
able to conform to the user's nation's practice. Even though editing the ToA 
would be manual, that would be faster than having to copy manually and then 
edit manually.

2. Define particulars for each nation for which OOo has a language version. 
Local programmers can do this as demand warrants. Permit a user to select a 
national set of particulars from all national sets, regardless of the language 
being used by their installation of OOo; for example, an American lawyer might 
write a brief for an Israeli court.

3. Define particulars for each subnation. A subnation can be defined any way 
local users wish. For example, in the U.S., military law cited to military 
tribunals uses different conventions than those that apply to civilian law; 
thus, "UCMJ, Article 3" is clearer to military officers but a Title 10 U.S.C. 
reference to the same UCMJ provision is clearer to civilian lawyers and judges. 
Programmers familiar with demands of any subnational community can program this.

4. Create an empty list of authority types. OOo should populate the list from 
each set of national and subnational particulars programmed by whomever 
programs them; that requires a standard by which programmers would declare 
authority types (at least one) so that OOo can extract them from each 
national/subnational set of particulars. To keep the list short enough for one 
user's needs, all national and subnational sets of particulars should populate 
a checklist in an options dialog; a user may then opt for only certain set(s) 
to be relevant to their work, in which case only those sets would populate the 
authority types list. Then, when a user tags a string as ToA-eligible, the user 
can assign an authority type to it before compiling the ToA. The compiled ToA 
would then be presorted.

Thanks.

-- 
Nick

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