[sc34wg3] RM: Comments on Topic Map Graphs

[Sam Hunting]

yOn Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Mason, James David (MXM) wrote:

> Yes. Tables must be called out in text, as in general technical writing, but
> a table can present normative information. Some standards (e.g., ISO 10646,
> a.k.a. UNICODE) are almost entirely tabluar.

OK, then. I'm sold. As Steve has said, Table 1 is already in Table 2
(though horizontally instad of vertically) so we can excise it.


That leaves Table 2.

Any ideas on how to buff Table 2 [parid0146] to a high gloss?






> Jim
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Hunting [mailto:shunting@etopicality.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:26 AM
> To: 'sc34wg3@isotopicmaps.org'
> Subject: RE: [sc34wg3] RM: Comments on Topic Map Graphs
> 
> 
> > Yep. Did that sort of thing in 8879. Lots more licit than taking 27 words
> to
> > say what can be said in two one-character table cells.
> 
> I didn't mean appropriate, I meant licit. (Obviously verbosity is licit in
> standards as such, though it is common practice to avoid it in sc34 ;-)
> 
> IOW, a table without any explanatory text is allowed by ISO style, and
> would be considered normative and not merely illustrative.
> 
> 
> 
> Sam Hunting
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