On Nov 17, 2006, at 2:52 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:
>> I don't know of any reference that applies to all nations but,
>> conceptually I don't see how scattered references to XML on pages 45,
>> 46, 47, 48 could be represented as "XML 45pp" given the absence of an
>> end point for the references.
>
> that's a different issue from quoting a single nation reference as
> the reason to change how bib references are handled.
I've not really been following this, but I think all Patrick is saying
is that the string he references makes no sense, in any nation. It
should be "XML 45-48" or "XML, pp. 45-48".
>> I don't doubt that other indexing systems exist for denoting ranges
>> that
>> contain references for an index entry. I would be interested in
>> learning
>> of any widely used system that denotes a range of references with only
>> the starting point of the range.
>
> The bib system users have been fighting this for years and have a
> number
> of solutions. If Bruce is listening I'm surprised he hasn't come up
> with
> ready solutions. I think he's coded this class of problem in XSLT.
The problem I was focused on is different: how to do complex
bibliographic formatting configuration (more complex than what is
possible in ODF currently) in language-neutral XML such that radically
changing presentation just involves choosing a different style file.
I don't think Patrick's looking for that though (?).
Bruce
