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On 8/6/02 8:45 AM, "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com> wrote:
> At 12:42 AM 8/6/2002 -0400, Bob Hutchison wrote:
>> I could have sworn that the idiom is actually more like:
>> 75°15'00" N 43°05'00" W
>>
>> And I've seen:
>> 75 15 00N 43 05 00W
>>
>> I'm pretty sure the idiom is *not*:
>> <lat>75°15'00" N</lat><long>43°05'00" W</long>
>>
>> So. I don't think your's is an acceptable answer.
>
> Okay, that's one way to look at it. I don't think processing any of the
> idioms you present is that difficult a problem, nor are they nearly as
> jarring as converting the whole thing to a number or two.
I agree that processing is difficult (I don't know that that is a reason to
do it though). I'm not a person who typically uses co-ordinates, so I'm
hesitant to say that one thing is more or less jarring than another given
that a change in notation is happening. For all I know giving up the actual
idiom might be sufficient to allow a complete re-thinking of how something
something should be re-written.
>
>> Where *does* the idiom stop and markup begin, anyway? Is an invoice an
>> idiom? Is an integer an idiom? (1,000.00; 1.000,00; 1 000,00; etc) Dates?
>> Durations? Personal names? Addresses? Phone numbers?
>
> It's all local. The problems come when particular idioms are blessed by
> specifications, while others are left to twist in the wind.
This I think I agree with completely (however, personally, I'd tend to start
by not blessing any of them).
>
> Simon St.Laurent
> "Every day in every way I'm getting better and better." - Emile Coue
>
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