At 06:45 PM 3/19/2002 -0800, Dave Pawson wrote: >At 13:30 19/03/2002 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Dave Pawson: >> >Which would be easier? >> >a)To provide a mini DTD for 'glue' which then becomes a topic, >> >b)Process glue content as a special? >> >>Most glue really isn't appropriate for treatment as a topic. > >I was moving to ease of processing over 'sticking by the rules' :-)
Toolsmiths, including authors who are toolsmiths, tend to prefer 'ease of processing;' authors who aren't toolsmiths generally prefer 'rules that make sense.' >In which case is it another rule that topics should be 'standalone', >i.e. need no glue? The same topic might need glue in a print context but not in an online context. Even if a topic is standalone, if you put it in a linearly oriented book you may have to introduce it or connect it to something. As always, the medium is the message, or at least the medium has a high impact on the message. >Regards DaveP > ________________________ Nancy (Paisner) Harrison Rational Software Lexington MA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
