On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 07:54:00PM +0100, Marco Budde wrote: > Am 01.07.98 schrieb apharris # burrito.onshore.com ...
> APH> * Identifier > > Ok, but we should use relative paths to the position of .docreg. I don't think so. This is surprising and assumes that every .docreg file is in a different location. I know that you want to do that, but I don't know of any technical advantage. Could you provide me with a list? > APH> * Type > > We should remove that. We#ve stored this information already in Subject. This is important orthogonal information, exactly what you wanted twomonths ago when you requested the availability of howtos in a howto section. With the "Type" field, we can map "Type: howto" to an additional "Subject: wherever/howto" element without loosing consistency. > APH> Title 80 > > Too big. The title should fit in one line of a WWW browser or a screen. I > would suggest <= 60. We shouldn't think of represantation to early. Titles in WWW browsers can be abbreviated, and I always use a 100x37 screen, so 90 characters title are okay for me. Other read from a braille terminal with 20 chars, big deal. We should stay on the safe side. > APH> Subject 80 (multiple elements > combined) > > Markus, how long are the longest entries of DDH? We should support at > least tree entries in this line. I suggest 160. > APH> Description 1024 > > I#m using that at the moment in dhelp. I would say that this is to much. > This could fill one page or screen. 512 are enough. I think we should be on the safe side again. Nobody is forced to use all 1024 characters. > APH> Language 2 > > Ok. Maybe 5 for future extension? > APH> Creator 200 (multiple elements > combined) > APH> Contributor 200 (multiple elements combined) > APH> Publisher 200 (multiple elements combined) > > <= 100 should be enough. I don't think so. Three authors of a document (see apt or doc-base), with full name and email adress will not fit in 100 characters. > APH> Date 80 > > ? 18-28-1998, I cound 10 characters. Did you look at the iso standard? What about font-encoding field? Is this covered by MIME types (i think so). Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
