At 2009-03-23 12:29 -0400, Dusty Phillips wrote:
>2009/3/23 G. Ken Holman <[email protected]>:
> > p.s. I'm not sure why you are making the input so free-form. Back in
> > the SGML days I believe we (the community of SGML users and document
> > designers) ended up coming to the conclusion that if the order of
> > elements is not important, impose one on the users so that they don't
> > somehow get the misinterpretation that order is important. If they
> > are allowed to choose they order, they might think this gives them
> > some control over the meaning. So if there is a user-controlled
> > semantic by their choice of order, then by all means give them that
> > choice. On the other hand, if there is no order to the information,
> > then give the users a single order to enter it so they understand
> > they can't assume order has any importance. Just a thought for you
> > to consider.
>
>I agree, and I'm going to copy-paste this paragraph to support my opinion. :-)
:{)} Well, if you are going to quote me I might soften the "we" to be
"many of us" so as not to imply that every one of us had this perspective.
. . . . . . . . . . . Ken
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