[sc34wg3] Editorial structure of N0396

Robert Barta sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 21:05:01 +1000


On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 10:07:42AM -0400, Sam Hunting wrote:
> FWIW, to me, "technical substance" is inseparable from the text that
> embodies it. 
> 
> Two texts *may* have the same substance, though they are different, but
> it's unlikely in the general case, and especially unlikely when the text
> has just been converted or transformed or translated from one "style" to
> another. Text is buggy like anything else. That's why I keep saying one
> way to "move on" is to create a conformant, version of N0396 -- and I
> think you agree.

Sam,

I think Lars has already acknowledged a few times now that his wording

  "let us make SAM a CD now"

has to be translated into

  "let us technically agree on a document and let us edit it to be
   a fully compliant document and let us vote on that"

A Martian observer.

\rho